What a waste of my time!!!

A lot of fun.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Obviously deeply felt by the writer and director, immaculately designed on what appears a lavish budget by veteran Alexander Trauner (who appears early on playing the caretaker) and photographed in widescreen suffused in a nostalgiac glow by cameraman Bruno De Keyzer, its hard to believe there is still a large enough audience out there ignorant of the tragedy about to unfold; about which it doesn't really have anything terribly original to say. But Konradin's credulous willingness to give a demagogic snake-oil salesman like Hitler the benefit of the doubt - "He really impressed me. He is totally sincere. He has such... he has true passion. I think he can save our country. He is our only hope." - remains depressingly familiar today. And the leisurely pace at which it proceeds conveys something of the gradualness with which the appalling reality overwhelms its characters.But for the final, very abrupt, 'surprise' ending to work, the audience is assumed not to be able to recognise the ferrety face of Roland Freisler seen throughout, who ironically - as played by Roland Schäfer looking remarkably like John Malkovich in heavy eye-liner - comes across here as a relatively restrained version of the bellowing maniac preserved for posterity in newsreels. And would it really have taken over forty years and a trip all the way back to the very school were they were originally pupils for Henry to finally learn Konradin's fate?

This is a beautiful film that deals with a tragic story set during the rise of the Third Reich in Germany. Christien Anhalt (in the role of Hans Strauss) and Samuel West (in the role of Conradin von Lohenburg) are very well cast in the lead roles. Jason Robards (in the role of the adult Hans Strauss) is also very good. The period is also very well created. Hans Strauss is a teenage German Jew who befriends Conradin von Lohenburg at secondary school. The two become very close in spite of the increasing barriers that the rise of nazism and anti-semitism put between their friendship. The parents of Strauss manage to send him to the United States to live with relatives. Tragically though they themselves are unable to leave Germany and commit suicide as their form of escape. Years later the adult Hans Strauss returns to Germany as he has always wondered what happened to his friend Conradin von Lohenburg. Along the way he finds under the surface that anti-semitism still exists. Tragically rather than being reunited with his friend Conradin, he finds that Conradin has been executed due to his involvement in a plot to kill Hitler. I would recommend it to others. It is a wonderful film.

I saw the film only once, way back in 1989 when it came out in Europe. I was very touched than: the film, its characters, colors, landscapes and music echoed in my head and heart for a long time after, although I remember beeing under heavy private and professional pressure at the time.Those echos never stopped to come up, and two weeks ago, after a long night with some friends discussing films, directors and so forth, Jerry Schatzberg's name came up, and I could not withstand to recount my experience with REUNION. The day after I rented the film: believe me, after 15 years it had almost the same effect on me. "Almost" because after 15 years I have changed...I'd hope more people would make films like that, not only plotwise: Schatzberg's craftsmanship and art of storytelling makes him one of the finest artists of his kind.P.S.: If in this review I would rather not talk about the plot, characters or other details, this is because I don't want to spoil your viewing pleasure. If a review makes you curious, go rent the film: you will not be disappointed...

This movie involves around two male teenagers. They spend most of their time together. They barely interact with any other classmates. It is a sweet boyhood friendship movie, but is it also hinting at a homosexual relationship? There are so many other classmates that the newcomer could have picked, he picked this particular one.Generally speaking, this is a good movie. You won't even notice when it comes to an end. It seems to be so sudden.