Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: August 23, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonAug 28, 2019
What makes it brilliant is that it demonstrates how universal this distinctly Jewish musical has become, how it has been embraced by many cultures and how it is still influential today. Read full review
95
TheWrapYolanda MachadoAug 22, 2019
It’s the story of the conflict between Robbins and Mostel that unveils another layer of how the odds were truly stacked against the show. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAug 21, 2019
Toes will tap, a tear or two might be shed – a complex story about a deceivingly complex musical is adoringly told and ultimately simplified. “As long as humankind continues to have struggles,” asserts one talking head, “Fiddler on the Roof will be there.” File under: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAug 22, 2019
This engaging and enlightening documentary is stuffed with anecdotes, history and information. It makes excellent use of both new interviews and carefully selected archival footage to reveal the building blocks of all this accomplishment. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJason ZinomanAug 22, 2019
Some shows deserve reverential treatment. And the love letter is, to use a word so associated with this show it influences the way many say it, tradition. Read full review
80
Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 21, 2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles makes itself essential viewing by chronicling the turbulent genesis of a global sensation. But its real miracle is demonstrating why it continues to entertain and illuminate, from Tokyo to a Brooklyn middle school where an African-American girl now plays the role of Tevye’s wife, Golde, and back to Broadway. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyAug 7, 2019
The documentary makes a persuasive case as to why this show — grounded very specifically in the lives of a persecuted Jewish shtetl community in 1905 Imperial Russia — continues to connect deeply with audiences across vast divides of religion, race, generation, personal experience and sexuality. Its layers of meaning to anyone who has ever felt ostracized alone have cemented its eternal relevance. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiSep 11, 2019
It’s tradition versus modernity, it’s defiance in the face of oppression, but more importantly, the film speaks to how Fiddler on the Roof resonates time and time again, across generations, to the human condition. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 18, 2019
“In moments of great upheaval,” Broadway wunderkind Lin-Manuel Miranda declares, hinting at the dark politics of bigotry and anti-semitism on the rise here and abroad, “‘Fiddler’ is going to seem relevant.” Read full review
75
Boston GlobePeter KeoughAug 21, 2019
After watching the movie, its relentlessly catchy numbers might keep playing for you; as one of the interviewees says, “You’ll be singing these songs for the rest of your life, whether you like it or not.” Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 23, 2019
An entertaining if hardly exhaustive overview of how the unlikely success came to be. The story it tells might easily have filled an engrossing documentary twice the length of this competent, not-particularly-inspired one. Read full review
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