| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"This is a harsh film..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"I have seen a lot of films about the Holocaust, but I have never seen one so immediate, unblinking and painful in its materials." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"It's a good film but not a completely satisfying one..." more... |
B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...a powerful but flawed movie..." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"...gets credit for exposing this untold history but fails just about everywhere else." more... |
C- |
Film Journal International
Eric Monder |
"Well-intentioned but deeply flawed drama recreating actual incidents from Auschwitz's death camp." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
David Levine |
"...a beautiful film." more... |
A |
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis |
"It isn't just that there's something unsettling about a film that aestheticizes a crematorium; it's that there's something trivializing about the very effort." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Megan Turner |
"...the result is, in a word, unpleasant." more... |
C |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...The Grey Zone is certainly an honorable film. But honorable is not always watchable." more... |
C+ |
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez |
"The stylized, rapid-fire exchanges between characters undermines the film's humanity..." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...invests this unusual Holocaust drama with dramatic intensity that in no way cheapens its subject matter." more... |
B |
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