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  • 2008
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Based on the international best-selling novel by Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces is a poetic and emotionally charged film about love, loss, and redemption. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during World War II. As a child in Poland, Jakob is orphaned during wartime, only to be...

Directed By: Jeremy Podeswa

Written By: Anne Michaels, Jeremy Podeswa

  • 2008
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Fugitive Pieces

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Based on the international best-selling novel by Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces is a poetic and emotionally charged film about love, loss, and redemption. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during World War II. As a child in Poland, Jakob is orphaned during wartime, only to be...

Directed By: Jeremy Podeswa

Written By: Anne Michaels, Jeremy Podeswa

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
12 Reviews
37% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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37% Mixed
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88
If Fugitive Pieces has a message, it is that life can heal us, if we allow it.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
The performances are often more compelling than the movie's sometimes static storytelling.
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75
The strengths of Fugitive Pieces are its fluidity and subtlety. Emotional repression may be one of the most difficult conditions to portray honestly, and Dillane's performance of Jakob is a study in the art of creating sympathy by not asking for it.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
67
In many ways, Fugitive Pieces is a beautiful film. But it's a bit TOO beautiful.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Tasteful, unremarkable art-house fare, rescued from complete irrelevance by Stephen Dillane's bottled-up performance as a writer scarred by the Holocaust.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
50
The film has lofty goals, but comes across as leaden and pretentious. It's a character study in which the lead participant is the least interesting person in the movie.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
40
Though much of the film's power is tamped down by the passive storytelling style, Dillane's performance as the adult Jakob is compelling, and Ayelet Zurer is beguiling as Jakob's late-in-life soul mate.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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40% Mixed
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Production Company Serendipity Point Films, Strada Productions, Cinegram, Téléfilm Canada, The Movie Network (TMN), Corus Entertainment, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Canadian Television Fund, Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)
Release Date May 2, 2008
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline He found himself in the love around him.
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Awards

Genie Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Directors Guild of Canada
• 5 Nominations
Newport Beach Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations

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