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Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Directed by:
Bob Hercules
Cheri Pugh
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 24, 2006
DVD: April 17, 2007
Running Time: 80 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Forgiving Dr. Mengele is a story of a shocking act of forgiveness by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who along with her twin sister, Miriam, were victims of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's cruel genetic experiments - an experience that would haunt them their entire lives. Eva's metamorphosis from embittered survivor to tireless advocate for reconciliation is sparked when she, in an attempt to get information about the experiments, meets with another former Auschwitz doctor. Her ideas about justice, revenge and the possibility of healing through forgiveness - as well as the passionate opposition from other survivors - become a window to a larger discussion of the many ways people define forgiveness. (First Run Features)
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What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
This moving film explores the trauma of a Holocaust survivor with rare complexity.
Read Full Review >Variety Joe Leydon
An impressively polished documentary by Bob Hercules and Cheri Hughes. Perhaps even more thought-provoking than its co-helmers intended, pic is bound to spark conversations and debate.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
It's hard to know whether to be impressed or appalled by Eva Mozes Kor, the Holocaust survivor in Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's fascinating documentary who has made forgiving the Nazis her life's work.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
The very title suggests that this compelling and provocative film is going to be different from other Holocaust documentaries.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Kor's intentions are beyond reproach, but her campaign raises discomfiting questions.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
It's clear that Kor's goal is to keep people talking, and thinking, about impossibly difficult subjects. And there's no debating her success in that regard.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Though some of the heated exchanges in Forgiving Dr. Mengele seem awkward and staged, they put Kor at the center of a riveting debate over how best to come to terms with past horrors, and the potential (and limits) of putting them to rest.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
For a film about death-camp survivors Forgiving Dr. Mengele is surprisingly uplifting and, at times, even lighthearted.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Melissa Levine
This uneven but riveting documentary chronicles Kor's journey to a kind of grace little understood (or appreciated) by many fellow Jews and survivors.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
A worthy addition to the ever-growing canon of Holocaust-related films.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
In many respects, Forgiving Dr. Mengele is an ordinary documentary, stylistically and technically unexceptional. But its subject enobles the work. So does Kor : determined, indomitable, and by the end of the movie, a symbol herself of both survival and mercy.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
Eva Mozes Kor, the lecturer and activist at the center of Forgiving Dr. Mengele, is most notable for her zeal in refusing to be a victim.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
An extraordinary woman like Eva Kor deserves a less ordinary biography.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
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