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- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
Summary A documentary about a journey made by two Holocaust survivors through the geography and psychology of their pasts.
Directed By: Amir Bar-Lev
- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
Fighter
User Score
Universal Acclaim
8.5
Summary A documentary about a journey made by two Holocaust survivors through the geography and psychology of their pasts.
Directed By: Amir Bar-Lev
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
83
94% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Fighter shapes up as one of the great documentaries of this year, or any other.
In juxtaposing two extraordinary personal histories, it ponders in a refreshingly original way unanswerable questions about memory, imagination, history and that elusive thing we call truth.
Far from the solemn earnestness of most Holocaust documentaries, Fighter addresses the war and its oft-toxic reverberations with refreshing impudence and candor.
Bar-Lev has created a film remarkable in its ability to capture both the worst and best of human nature.
Director Amir Bar-Lev finds a way to mix the personal, the philosophical and the historical into a complex human document, something that's funny, moving and sad.
In the end, Fighter, despite its newsreel footage, is less a document of wartime experience than of the mentality one needs to maintain in order to be a fighter.
The film does offer a good deal of engaging dark humor.
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 User Ratings
8.5
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 User Ratings
8.5
100% Positive
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Production Company
Next Wave Films,
Zebra Productions
Release Date Aug 24, 2001
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Loyalty, The Limits of Friendship, and Fighting Back.
Website
http://www.fighterfilm.com/
Awards
Galway Film Fleadh
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
