In Search of Memory
Release Date: January 8, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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83
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
When Kandel revisits his childhood neighborhoods in Vienna and Brooklyn and ruminates in his sprightly way on the past, the full measure of his humanity comes through. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
It is an engrossing portrait all the same, a generous introduction to someone worth knowing, who knows an awful lot. Read full review
80
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Petra Seeger's beautifully crafted documentary about neurobiologist Eric Kandel, In Search of Memory, interweaves experience and experiments, autobiography and science as seamlessly as the Nobel Prize winner's same-titled book. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeMark Feeney
There are many indicators of star power. Not the least of them is unforgettability. On screen, no less than in the laboratory, Eric Kandel has star power. Read full review
60
Time OutStephen Garrett
This reverential, sentimental and occasionally bittersweet film only erratically illuminates his (Eric Kandel) ideas. Rather, Petra Seeger prefers to honor Kandel’s boyhood remembrances as a Jew in Nazi-era Vienna. Read full review
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