50
It would be odd not to feel something about Hana and the Brady family, but Inside Hana's Suitcase feels more like a historical teaching aid than like a great movie.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
25
A film relating a story of the Holocaust is destined to provoke a number of adjectives, but "cloying" shouldn't be one of them.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Subject matter this powerfully charged shouldn't feel like a study aid.
75
In the end, what makes Inside Hana's Suitcase so powerful is the most traditional technique of all: authentic and eloquent storytelling by memorable characters.
60
A documentary saga of heartbreaking concentration-camp horrors, Inside Hana's Suitcase attempts to preserve Holocaust memories through frustratingly fractured means.
75
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
Although their responses too often seem rehearsed, their innocence is touching and redemptive.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Ray Conlogue
What always feels genuine, movingly so, are the faces of the school children caught up in their account of the unforgotten past.