meryl streep be fantastic and always convincing a a polish survivor of a concentration camp . rest of the movie be at turn silly and grate and and maudlin . seem inappropriate to make the real life outrage of the holocaust fodder for a sappy southern boy bildungsroman . stingo be an annoy thomas wolfe stereotype of the sensitive genius writer while unfortunately we be subject to example of his overwrought purple prose in voiceovers that sound lift from the walton . if we only could have be spar the confession that his climatic tryst with sophie be the end of his virginity while i have bad flashback to summer of 42. still get four star because streep be just so good .