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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10

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  1. NupharR.
    Mar 8, 2002
    10
    Great movie, very strong.
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  2. HannahP.
    Nov 5, 2003
    10
    This was a very heartrending movie. I used about a thousand tissues by the end. You laugh, you cry, all in all it was a beautiful story.
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  3. AmandaE.
    Jan 17, 2004
    9
    It was very well done! Robin Williams did an awesome job as Jakod. Nice work!!!
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  4. PatC.
    Jan 12, 2004
    7
    Holocaust and Jesus movies are now accepted. They will and should continue to be made as long as our society will countenance the slightest thread of revisionism. The good ones have one thing in common: The actors seem to believe that if they blow the scene they will be shot or cruicified. Those playing Jewish prisoners in this flick couldn't even convince me their paychecks might be docked. Authenticity can't be faked with tears and hugs and mushy stuff and other diluted devices. When the blood drains from the ashen face of a producer who's film is losing money, that's authenticity. Put it in the film. It need not be life affirming, as long as it affirms something. We must be disturbed and uneasy to understand what those people went through, not buffered. But hey, this film connected with some, and that's important. Who am I to say they have no taste or compassion? I'm not sure I liked Williams in this, but he genuinely tried to pull it off. … Expand
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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
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    19
    A trial of cliche, strained optimism, and dire quasi-comedy.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    40
    Feels sterile and chilly; the humor -- Yiddish and otherwise -- falls flat, and sadly so does the film.
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  3. 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.
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