meryl streep have receive a number of accolade and award for her acting over the year and possibly the best be that many of the young actress have publicly proclaim meryl a their role model . but you need not see any other movie than sophie choice to see why she have be so universally acclaim . this be no doubt the best single feature acting by a female in any single movie and similar to robert deniro in rag bull or taxi driver . meryl sophie be a person who be naive and jaded and innocent and guilt stricken and soft and gentle and hard a nail and love and give and and both practical and poetic to a fault . she be a classic tragic figure and a lesson in how to deal with the horror of life and how not to deal with how those horror haunt you . she be funny and soft and sweet and and you want to put your arm around her . then you realize that underneath that childlike woman be a woman who have give up on childhood . she be a study in contradiction and speak english and german and and polish to survive at all cost . then along come nathan and expertly portray by kevin kline ( possibly one of his most challenging and multi layered role ) and and her life take another turn . but we see all this through the wondering and innocent eye of stingo and and the terror and love and laugh and friendship and alienation he experience and we experience . this be primarily due to a fantastic portrayal of sophie by meryl . and yes and the key scene the choice of choice be possibly the most painful scene ever on film and and how meryl interprets sophie during this scene be and by itself and worth an award . i love this movie . someone once saw it for the first time and and comment and i do not think i would like it and especially because it be such a downer at time . but it be so good . excellent summary .