Jakob the Liar
Metascore
40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 25
  3. Negative: 6 out of 25
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    An awkwardly executed, tedious and -- a near impossibility for a Holocaust movie -- emotionally uninvolving bore.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    A particularly gross exploitation of the Holocaust for financial gain.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    30
    The self-congratulatory histrionics of Williams, lower lip trembling as he triumphs over torture in the name of the human spirit, represents a trend in Hollywood to make accessible melodrama out of unspeakable tragedy.
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  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    20
    The latest in what feels like an endless string of movies ... in which the actor's parts have ruinously overdosed on sentimentality and schmaltz at the expense of humor and even sanity.
  5. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    19
    A trial of cliche, strained optimism, and dire quasi-comedy.
  6. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: John Patterson
    10
    Just avoid this ghastly, insulting farrago at all costs.

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