it be a really good film to watch alone and when you be in a sensitive mood and ready to accept and understand the emotion and feeling of the character . even those who do not actually like film relate to war and might like this one and robin williams have do a good job and but others in the cast be at time even well . half true and comment from williams and heard on the radio with the nazis start give hope to the distressed common people and catch in a small town hold by the nazi . jakob and then carry on the lie and and later be force to carry on the lie and that he have a radio and to keep the hope alive and in the end die and but doesn while t let go and just so that people already close to death under the nazi and do not lose whatever hope that be leave . you keep get the feeling and that it could have be good make and with more focus on the emotional drama happen due to the situation . good cinematography and if you be make a film portray the emotion of hope and always there will be a difference in the way different people look at it and since thing be relative to different people depend on their thought process . it could have be good and thats all can be say . but whatever there be and be a definite thing that all people who like good and sensitive cinema should watch .