Totally unprepared for this movie, the description makes no mention that this is story is centered on the holocaust. I was totally caught off guard by the opening which is a series of photos from the holocaust - not graphic, but disturbing. If you were looking for a fluffy romance, watch something else. I only got through the first half hour, so I didn't want to put a star rating on the movie as a whole. But I find claire danes annoying, and basically all the young actors are pretty bad (james van der beek appearance?!) so the rating only reflects the first half hour -- who knows, maybe it magically becomes a riveting passionate love story.