Sophie's Choice

While Spielberg's movie has some moments, I think the most stunning film about the Holocaust appeared 11 years prior to it when Sophie's Choice hit the screens in 1982. Also wonderful is Kevin Kline as Sophie's manic boyfriend Nathan. ... Full Review

Despite the fact that Sophie's story, her choices, and her fate are all sad, sad stories, there is a lot of exuberance and joy in the telling of them. Sophie and Nathan move into an old boardinghouse, and the rooms just below them are taken by Stingo, a jug-eared kid from the South who wants to be a great novelist. ... Full Review

There's not a better film to cry along with Streep that I'm aware of. Note: If you have the DVD, be sure to watch the film first before watching the excellent 53-minute documentary Death Dreams of Mourning . Pakula's commentary is well done. ... Full Review

Stingo desperately tries to penetrate Sophie's shell. Yes, it's long, but Sophie's Choice does a marvelous job of giving us a beginning, a middle and an end-with plenty of joyous humping in between. ... Full Review