Look, this is an important film. Critically acclaimed, artistically groundbreaking, historically significant. Jonathan Glazer made something genuinely original about the Holocaust by showing how the perpetrators lived their cozy domestic lives while running a death camp.
But let's be crystal clear: this is NOT on Screenwise because it's appropriate for kids. It's here because parents need to know what it is so they can confidently say "absolutely not" when their teen asks to watch it after seeing it mentioned online.
The film is brilliant and harrowing—you hear genocide happening constantly in the background while watching a Nazi family plant flowers and celebrate birthdays. It's psychologically devastating by design. Even for mature high school seniors studying the Holocaust, this is probably too much. College students in a history or film class? Maybe. Adults who want to understand how ordinary people enable atrocity? Yes, but prepare yourself.
The WISE score is low because this simply isn't content for families or young people, despite its artistic merit. Sometimes the most important films are the ones we watch alone, as adults, when we're ready to sit with profound discomfort.





