“If I hadn’t used the locution so recently, I would be certain to call The Reader ‘The Worst Holocaust Film Ever Made.’ … This is a film whose essential metaphorical thrust is to exculpate Nazi-era Germans from knowing complicity in the Final Solution. The fact that it was recently nominated for a best picture Oscar offers stunning proof that Hollywood seems to believe that if it’s a ‘Holocaust film,’ it must be worthy of approbation, end of story.”