extremely slow story line very boring movie could not finish watching it

I usually don't like WW2 movies unless they are about the fighting. Here, a female journalist begins a story which leads her to find that the original occupants of her in-laws Paris apartment were evicted by the government during the war because they were Jewish. It goes into enough detail to put you in their shoes without being as disturbing as the reality really was. It focuses on the daughter of the family named Sarah. It moves pretty well except for the last scene which is a letdown. The journalist, gets consumed by the past and I'm not sure how realistic that would be. The other thing is the actress playing Sarah is obviously of Celtic decent and although she is excellent you would think they would have had a real Jewish girl play the part, although many Celts have since become Christian, Jews or what have you since their race was decimated by the Romans centuries ago. A very good movie save for the last scene.

A very compelling story about a very head strong little girl during the Holocaust and about how one event affected her life ever after. Worth a view for sure.

The book was wonderful on audio. I listened to the CDs in the car. Not sure how it would read... I loved the audio book and was keen to see the movie for two reasons; I wanted to see the wonderful characters that the author created brought to life and to see if the ending was different. The ending in the book was a bit leading but ambiguous. The movie was a dissapointment on both counts. It did not develop the characters as well as hoped and the new ending was a let down. So I would recommend the audio book, but not the movie.

A moving and well-made film. The movie is mainly in French with English subtitles. The subtitles are very bad -- some make no sense at all -- but it's still possible to follow the plot.

I can't remember how this movie came to be on my 'hold' list, so I had no expectations when I put the DVD into the machine. Sarah's key is a great little movie, and a new perspective of the round up of the Jews in France. The Jews are rounded up and placed in a colleseum with no water, food or toilets, for days while deciding where they should be taken to. Then, mothers and fathers are separated from their children and taken to work camps. The children are later taken to childrens camps. Sarah's story is unearthed by a modern day journalist whose husband's family is renovating their Paris apartment - having acquired it in 1942 shortly after the Jews of Paris were rounded up. You will have to discover the secret of Sarah's key yourself.

A new story from the Holocaust, this time about French rounding up jews to gain favor with the Nazi's. Often told from the viewpoint of a child caught up in the trauma. There is a parallel story set in today's France about a couple about to live in the same apartment as the child caught up in the Nazi roundup. Very good when telling of the Nazi era, but not so good when telling the modern story.

A powerful movie, as is common with Holocaust pieces, but not terribly logical. As with "Sophie's Choice," it is unclear why the events of the past/war/Holocaust cause the personality or events in the the present day. Also, the ending is somewhat ambiguous and unsatisfying.

I wasn't a big fan of the book. I enjoyed the first half, but the second half turned into an attempt at a romance. The movie was better, difficult to watch in parts. But the subtitles are horrendous. Difficult to understand, inaccurate with grammatical errors. Fortunately, I understand French.

All I can say to this movie is "Wow!"