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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings
- Starring: John Cusack, Leelee Sobieski, Noah Taylor
- Summary: A tale that careens through art, politics, love, hope, intolerance, obsession and destructive malevolence to provide an original and intimate portrait of a major turning point in modern history. (Lions Gate Films)
- Director: Menno Meyjes
- Genre(s): Drama, War
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Positive: 17 out of 30
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Mixed: 8 out of 30
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Negative: 5 out of 30
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100Reveals a key aspect of fascism's cynical use of art and architecture to mesmerize a weak and vulnerable society.
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80Immerse yourself in two fantastic performers, a polished narrative (by Menno Meyjes) and a “could have happened” scenario. It plays all too real if you ask me.
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60The film is ultimately too glib in its suggestion that Hitler's discovering his career path was a matter of sheerest chance, even an accident.
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38A serious and thoughtful movie that probably does not mean to trivialize the Holocaust and blame the victim. But it is playing with fire nevertheless.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
