80
A spare, formally ingenious, journalistically acute piece of filmmaking.
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75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
A spare document featuring one talking head. But what a talking head and what a story!
80
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
The feelings that this simple, deeply intelligent movie produces -- of horror, admiration, hope and grief -- are as hard to name as they are to dispel.
100
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Rigorous and riveting.
50
Has a terrible fascination that glues viewers to the screen. At the same time, audience patience is tested.
75
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
It's a slow, exhaustive and exhausting process that takes a toll on the viewer, despite the intrinsic power of the underlying material.
80
While it stands as a distinct film in its own right, this film is still very much of a piece with "Shoah," and the subject is presented in the same haunting manner.