Inside Hana's Suitcase
Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    Apr 17, 2012
    75
    In the end, what makes Inside Hana's Suitcase so powerful is the most traditional technique of all: authentic and eloquent storytelling by memorable characters.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Ray Conlogue
    Apr 17, 2012
    75
    What always feels genuine, movingly so, are the faces of the school children caught up in their account of the unforgotten past.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    Apr 17, 2012
    75
    Although their responses too often seem rehearsed, their innocence is touching and redemptive.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Apr 17, 2012
    60
    A documentary saga of heartbreaking concentration-camp horrors, Inside Hana's Suitcase attempts to preserve Holocaust memories through frustratingly fractured means.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Apr 18, 2012
    50
    Subject matter this powerfully charged shouldn't feel like a study aid.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nicolas Rapold
    Apr 17, 2012
    50
    It would be odd not to feel something about Hana and the Brady family, but Inside Hana's Suitcase feels more like a historical teaching aid than like a great movie.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chuck Bowen
    Apr 17, 2012
    25
    A film relating a story of the Holocaust is destined to provoke a number of adjectives, but "cloying" shouldn't be one of them.

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