What's the Difference between The Reader the Book and The Reader the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Hanna Schmitz
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Hanna Schmitz
Portrayed by: Kate Winslet
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Michael Berg
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Michael Berg
Portrayed by: David Cross
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Michael Berg (grown-up)
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Michael Berg (grown-up)
Portrayed by: Ralph Fiennes
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| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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These scenes do not happen in the book. |
After lunch, the waitress says she hopes Michael's mother enjoyed it. He says yes, she did and then goes and kisses her as the waitress looks on. They then go to a church where she watches children sing. She seems very happy and weepy. |
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This does not happen in the book. Also, the book sticks to the chronological order of the events, told looking back. |
Michael writes a poem about Hanna while she is swimming. He tells her he will read it to her one day. Then old Michael is looking at the book in present day. In fact, the movie goes back and forth between the past and present.
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Michael mentions his time at the pool, but there is no dialogue. On his birthday he feels resentment for having to go to Hanna's but does not tell her it is his birthday. |
Scenes at the lake (rather than a pool) include dialogue. On his birthday he goes to
Hanna's. They fight and he tells her it is his birthday. He says he always has to apologize (his resentment over this is kept inside in the book). She slaps him when he tries to kiss her, then she gives him a scrub down, followed by love making. She tells him to go back to his friends. |
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Michael is caught in the rain with Sophie, she asks him what is wrong with him, he says maybe he will tell her someday. He feels guilt that he does not share his life with Sophie with any friends. Years later he sleeps with Sophie and then dumps her right away, she asks what happened to him? |
They say at the pool that he always leaves early. Shows him playing footies with Sophie.
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Several days later the bath scene, followed by lovemaking happens. Hanna tells him to go back to his friends. He has a bad feeling at the pool, but does not act on it. It goes away. He sees Hanna standing at the pool looking at him, but he does not react right away.
he stands, but she runs away. The next day when he goes to her house, she is gone. |
He seems to have returned to his friends, gets a bad feeling, runs back to Hanna's but she is gone. |