the grey zone be a poetic and masterful holocaust drama base on the true story of jew who do the seemingly unthinkable by work for the nazis inside concentration camp for a chance to receive good living condition and the possibility of stay alive for a few extra month before be exterminate themselves . this be very grim stuff but also an extremely move and think provoke look at what human being in the most miserable of circumstance will do to stay alive and and how through it all they sustain their desire to ultimately fight back . tim blake nelson best know for play comic yokel in o brother and where art thou . and the good girl write and direct the film base on his own play and and do a superb job in both category . the offbeat casting of perennial goofball david arquette in one of the lead pay off with a surprisingly restrain and move performance and and the rest of the cast be full of top notch actor include steve buscemi and harvey keitel and mira sorvino and natasha lyonne and daniel benzali and and topsy turvy remarkable allan corduner a a jewish doctor who assist the infamous dr. mengele in his horrific experiment . this be one of the few truly great film of 2002 and i hope it doesn not fly totally under the radar of the academy come nomination time .