Big Sonia
Argot Pictures | Release Date: November 17, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldFeb 8, 2018
Filmed with great respect and palpable love for its subject, Big Sonia is one of those documentaries that seems to bring its own light — just like the woman at its center. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenNov 16, 2017
Key to the strength of Big Sonia is its refusal to give in to easy bromides. Its use of animation to illustrate Sonia’s memories spins off her own artful drawings in a way that amps the sense of unspeakable horror rather than sugarcoating it. Read full review
80
Village VoiceChris PackhamNov 16, 2017
The loose structure is bound by a thread of motherhood. Sonia’s children, two daughters and a son, are lively, intelligent, and deeply affected by their parents’ trauma. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDerek SmithNov 13, 2017
Cinema has rarely mined the consequences of being a child of a Holocaust survivor and Big Sonia adeptly explores how, in many cases, losing much of one's family led many survivors to put undue pressures on their future children. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 8, 2017
The animation is the one novel element to this, a familiar sort of film on a most familiar subject. But the movie lets its subject — Sonia — be its strength, and if you’ve ever had the privilege of meeting a survivor willing to talk about what they experienced, you know how smart that decision was. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenDec 7, 2017
Seeing Sonia confidently gripping the leopard print-covered steering wheel of her late model Oldsmobile and getting on with her day serves as a potent and especially timely lesson about living a compassionate, vibrant life that doesn’t have any room for hatred and bitterness. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNick AllenDec 8, 2017
Feeling like a director’s cut that would play best for people who already know her, Big Sonia is a feature that could have very likely made a deeper impact with the succinctness of a short film. Read full review
50
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeNov 16, 2017
Sonia is a powerful subject, but Big Sonia brings little perspective to her story. Read full review
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