Heimat is a Space in Time
Icarus Films | Release Date: March 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMar 12, 2020
To watch German documentarian Thomas Heise’s marathon family memoir Heimat is a Space in Time, the viewer has to continually analyze the relationship between text and image. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakMar 12, 2020
We learn everything there is to know about an entire country through the Heise family’s words. Some passages prove better than others, but none are inconsequential to the whole. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichMar 12, 2020
Heimat certainly has the feel of a summative work Read full review
80
VarietyScott TobiasMar 12, 2020
The overall effect of Heise’s work is mesmeric, persuasive and cumulatively powerful, as each piece of the puzzle falls into place and he lands on overarching insights into a German century and what it portends for the future. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 12, 2020
In its extreme length and precise technique, it’s decidedly not for everybody. But although it is at times distractingly opaque, occasionally Heise’s family’s words, juxtaposed with his sounds and images, crystallize into something singularly wise about the nexus of place, history and trauma. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineCarson LundMar 10, 2020
Thomas Heise’s documentary seeks to excavate real human thought and feeling beneath the haze of larger political structures. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmMar 13, 2020
If this material were compiled into a book, it would be rightfully deemed great literature. As featured in Heise’s film, however, these insightful words are frequently marred by a style oddly akin to a mournful podcast, one that requires listeners to repeatedly peer at their phone to read the subtitles. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 12, 2020
I was sometimes captivated but often frustrated by this epic essay-film, a meditation on Germany and his own family history that is stark, fierce, austerely cerebral and almost four hours long. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 12, 2020
Despite some tedious passages, Heimat Is a Space in Time takes an intriguing approach to history that remains refreshingly rooted in primary sources. Read full review
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