Shoah: Four Sisters
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: November 14, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
93
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Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzNov 14, 2018
The women are all compelling though never too-polished storytellers. Whether they succumb to the horror of what they're describing and start to cry or remain stoic throughout becomes part of the experience of hearing the tale. Read full review
100
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 14, 2018
Their stories are as harrowing, complicated and rife with imponderables as any Lanzmann filmed. And together, collected in a form that is much less labyrinthine than “Shoah,” they represent an ideal introduction (and capstone) to Lanzmann’s project. Read full review
100
Slant MagazinePat BrownNov 12, 2018
By uniting these four interviews in particular, Claude Lanzmann emphasizes the impossibility of moral clarity in the unthinkable circumstances into which Germany’s invasion of Eastern Europe threw its Jewish population. Read full review
95
TheWrapDave WhiteNov 14, 2018
The approximately 270-minute running time becomes a hushed demand for the viewer to sit with historical cruelty and listen as its victims teach to the future, its effect a cumulative cry of warning for today. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNov 20, 2018
These four, like so many others, opened up to Claude Lanzmann, and the results speak eloquently for themselves. Read full review
80
Film Journal InternationalSimi HorwitzNov 20, 2018
Their most potent commentary is often their silence, their wordless responses to those questions that are unanswerable. Their restraint and dignity are an emotional sucker punch. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubLawrence GarciaNov 13, 2018
Perhaps Four Sisters is best considered a parting gesture from Lanzmann, ensuring that, in his body of work at least, these four “sisters” should endure as more than just a footnote. Read full review
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