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  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for “urinary diagnosis”. But his p...

Directed By: Agnieszka Holland

Written By: Marek Epstein, Martin Sulc, Jaroslav Sedlacek

  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m

Charlatan

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable
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Summary Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for “urinary diagnosis”. But his p...

Directed By: Agnieszka Holland

Written By: Marek Epstein, Martin Sulc, Jaroslav Sedlacek

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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80
Feb 28, 2020
Though shot in the most classic of idioms, the film commands attention with its mesmerizing performances and lively cross-cutting between key moments in the hero’s life.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 19, 2021
Throughout the film, Agnieszka Holland makes clear that she isn’t interested in easily digestible pop-psychology nuggets.
By William Repass FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 23, 2021
What audiences are likely to come away with most of all is a pondering over how these many sides could coexist in the same person, perhaps wondering what they think of him — and finding it difficult to arrive at an answer.
By Michael Ordoña FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 22, 2021
Often as thorny as its subject but also oddly fascinated by his near-magical abilities, “Charlatan” is a temporary cure for the common biopic.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
67
Feb 28, 2020
Charlatan becomes entangled in its conflicting mesh of traits and time periods, but the film is only able to become more than the sum of its frustrating parts because it embraces those complications in the first place.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 28, 2020
Caught between a respectful tribute to Mikolášek’s medical achievements and a more salacious examination of his moral transgressions — with a tender if speculative gay romance propped somewhere in between — it’s an ambitious portrait of human imperfection that doesn’t strain to arouse much affection for its subject in the audience.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 28, 2020
Charlatan is a film that does not quite satisfy the curiosity it arouses.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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75% Mixed
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Production Company Marlene Film Production, Film and Music Entertainment (IRE), Madants, Studio Metrage, Moderator Inwestycje, Furia Film, Czech Television, Barrandov Studios, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Státní fond kinematografie
Release Date Jul 23, 2021
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://marlenefilmproduction.com/en/projects/charlatan
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Awards

Czech Lions
• 5 Wins & 15 Nominations
Polish Film Awards
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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