Jakob the Liar
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40 out of 100

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  • Starring: Robin Williams
  • Summary: A story about the astonishing things that happen when despair turns to hope among the residents of this small village in Nazi-occupied Poland. (Columbia Tristar)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 25
  3. Negative: 6 out of 25
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    90
    A markedly better picture than Roberto Benigni's far more sentimental Oscar collector.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    Deserves a place alongside "Life Is Beautiful" and, yes, even "Schindler's List."
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    60
    But the best thing about Jakob the Liar is that it's not "Patch Adams at Auschwitz."
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    An awkwardly executed, tedious and -- a near impossibility for a Holocaust movie -- emotionally uninvolving bore.

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