The Komediant
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  • Summary: A documentary on the life and career of Yiddish actor Pasach Burstein and his family.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    90
    Elegantly constructed, deceptively complex documentary.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    It's both funny and harrowing in the way that only a childhood nightmare come to life can be.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    60
    As informative and packed with cultural lore as it is, The Komediant is dramatically diffuse.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    25
    The documentary's director, Arnon Goldfinger, may have had a chance of expanding on the limited audience for such a film if said clan, the Bursteins, exhibited either talent or likability.

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