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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
An astonishing human, political, and historical document.
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It's a worthwhile film both for history buffs and people who are still learning.
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An austere and fascinating documentary.
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New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
The Specialist allows Eichmann to convict himself, not of complicity in the Holocaust -- to that he pleads guilty, by reason of nationalism -- but as a man unfazed by his own inhumanity.
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Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
What's most conspicuously missing is the kind of background information needed to assess many of Eichmann's statements.
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Presents the salient points of this troubling case with gripping concision.
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Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
This lone, fallen Nazi's obsessive distance from his actions is enough to give The Specialist a lingering chill.