1945
Menemsha Films | Release Date: November 1, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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91
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerDec 9, 2017
It’s a good bet that the director had “High Noon” in mind when he made this film, but the comparison ends there. As a compact study of wartime guilt, the film has the look and feel of a waking nightmare. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNov 22, 2017
Simple, powerful, made with conviction and skill, 1945 proceeds as inexorably as Sámuel and his son on their long walk into town. It's a potent messenger about a time that is gone but whose issues and difficulties are not even close to being past. Read full review
80
VarietyAlissa SimonNov 1, 2017
The gripping period drama offers a fresh, intelligent cinematic approach to a difficult topic. Read full review
80
Village VoiceDanny KingNov 1, 2017
Collaborating with DP Elemér Ragályi, Török also invests the movie with strong visual motifs, perhaps most prominently a consistency of shots that peer at characters through everyday barriers (windows, curtains). The resultant sensation of uncomfortable prying underlines the boiling suspicions that power the plot. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleMay 24, 2018
A new film that takes an unflinching look at a nation’s anti-Semitism that led to the death of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 24, 2018
Here’s a clever, sideways take on the grimmest of human horrors, a clever parable that delivers the same heavy message, but with mordant wit and originality. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisApr 18, 2018
Torok juggles plenty of characters and themes — guilt, greed, Russian meddling, the Holocaust, justice — but he always remains firmly in control of his story. Every frame is meticulously crafted. Read full review
75
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonApr 4, 2018
Director Ferenc Török departs from the High Noon arc, and finds a way to end the movie with an invocation of violence, rather than an eruption of it. His final image, gruesome and evocative, is unforgettable. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 31, 2017
Absorbing and finely wrought, 1945 is not perfect. Read full review
67
The PlaylistEli FineNov 1, 2017
It’s far from a perfect, or even great, film, but 1945 is certainly both commendable and recommendable. It has something to say about complicity of everyday people in the crimes of society, and says so in a fairly quiet, methodical, unassuming (if a bit obvious) way. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineGreg CwikOct 31, 2017
The fractured rhythm of 1945 and the desolate aesthetic are engrossing, but Ferenc Török's film doesn't linger. Read full review
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