Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

This bracing portrait of a woman who painfully accepts her responsibility as a citizen is a revelation.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

Junge's testimony is a salutary reminder that Hitler was like other people in ways, and that the evil he manifested could visit us again if more civilized humans don't remain watchful.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

Riveting.

Washington Post by Stephen Hunter

Isn't much of a movie, but it's a whale of a story.

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

A riveting encounter with the woman who was Hitler's secretary...In a daring and successful stylistic choice, directors Heller and Schmiderer include almost nothing in the film but Junge.

Salon by Charles Taylor

Consistently interesting without feeling essential until, in its last half-hour, it becomes utterly compelling.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

Makes for fascinating cinema.

Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow

Isn't an act of expiation but a gift of understanding.

Boston Globe by Ty Burr

The filmmakers are smart to cut between their primary interview and later footage of Junge watching that interview and offering further commentary -- living footnotes, as it were.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

Her memories lack the quality of revelation -- that is, up until the remarkable final section, in which she describes the last weeks in the bunker with Hitler and Eva Braun.

Dallas Observer by Gregory Weinkauf

If Junge's first-hand recollections aren't always visually stimulating, they're still more illuminating than most cinematic re-creations of the era.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

Riveting testimonial.

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

Junge's testimony about the last days in Hitler's bunker will fascinate the layperson, but it adds little to what is already known by historians.

Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten

Most important, Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary makes us wonder, in a very human sense, about the various blinders we all adopt to make our peace with life.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Just one talking head, that's all. But the head in this mesmerizing documentary belongs to Traudl Junge.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

Not a very visually interesting documentary its simply one head talking to the audience, with no film clips, photographs or other diversions. But its awfully hard to turn away.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

The movie, in the end, is devastating because of the banality it reveals, and because its terseness and plainness cut a mass killer down to size.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

That unexpected rage is the movie's most powerful emotional truth.