Forgiving Dr. Mengele
First Run Features | Release Date: February 24, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
This moving film explores the trauma of a Holocaust survivor with rare complexity. Read full review
80
VarietyJoe Leydon
An impressively polished documentary by Bob Hercules and Cheri Hughes. Perhaps even more thought-provoking than its co-helmers intended, pic is bound to spark conversations and debate. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
It's hard to know whether to be impressed or appalled by Eva Mozes Kor, the Holocaust survivor in Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's fascinating documentary who has made forgiving the Nazis her life's work. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The very title suggests that this compelling and provocative film is going to be different from other Holocaust documentaries. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Though some of the heated exchanges in Forgiving Dr. Mengele seem awkward and staged, they put Kor at the center of a riveting debate over how best to come to terms with past horrors, and the potential (and limits) of putting them to rest. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Kor's intentions are beyond reproach, but her campaign raises discomfiting questions. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
It's clear that Kor's goal is to keep people talking, and thinking, about impossibly difficult subjects. And there's no debating her success in that regard. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMelissa Levine
This uneven but riveting documentary chronicles Kor's journey to a kind of grace little understood (or appreciated) by many fellow Jews and survivors. Read full review
70
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
For a film about death-camp survivors Forgiving Dr. Mengele is surprisingly uplifting and, at times, even lighthearted. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
A worthy addition to the ever-growing canon of Holocaust-related films. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
In many respects, Forgiving Dr. Mengele is an ordinary documentary, stylistically and technically unexceptional. But its subject enobles the work. So does Kor : determined, indomitable, and by the end of the movie, a symbol herself of both survival and mercy. Read full review
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Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Eva Mozes Kor, the lecturer and activist at the center of Forgiving Dr. Mengele, is most notable for her zeal in refusing to be a victim. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
An extraordinary woman like Eva Kor deserves a less ordinary biography. Read full review
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