What can I say- this movie was excellent, and terrible. It starts off regular enough, and then everything just slowly falls apart. I was shaken up afterward. Felt like crying. Very heavy and poingnant.You watch it, and get more and more attached to the boys, and the innocence of their friendship, only to have the horrible end. It portrays the horror of the holocaust through the eyes of an innocent child. It shows the anguish that parents would feel from losing one child, and makes you think of the horrible fact that 1.5 million jewish kids died. I would describe the ending as that bad dream that you want to do something to prevent what you know is about to happen, but are frozen and helpless. You can feel the terror and the confusion of the people. Amazing story, and all of the actors, particularly the mother and the boys are top notch. DO NOT watch before bed.