60
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
Its subject matter is intrinsically upsetting.
Stream Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
80
A heartfelt documentary.
75
San Francisco Examiner by G. Allen Johnson
Misses some creative opportunities to really drive this story home, but it's a naturally haunting story nonetheless.
80
Dallas Observer by Jean Oppenheimer
Fascinating and engrossing on every conceivable level
83
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The dramatic power, though, comes entirely from the eloquence of old people, shot in medium close-up, barely moving as they remember things.
88
There have been many documentaries about the Holocaust in recent years, but this one really stands out.
78
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
Unfamiliar to most these days and it goes without saying that Harris performs a great service in the eyes of history with his film.
100
Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow
A marvelous picture and a highly unusual journey in and around the Holocaust.
100
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
At its slowest, the film has value as a historical document. At its best, the film gives a human face to stories of unimaginable suffering and unexpected triumph.
80
This moving tribute to a handful of candles flickering in the darkness has the power to summon us--one prays--to our better selves.