La Rafle (The Round Up)
Menemsha Films | Release Date: October 5, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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8
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67
The PlaylistMark ZhuravsyNov 18, 2012
Stumbles out of the gate with a pacing that suggests a stern history lesson, despite warm performances from the cast and a polished look. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrNov 11, 2012
A big, sorrowful, dramatically trite period epic about a bleak chapter in the history of modern France. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEla BittencourtNov 11, 2012
Sentimentality may make the movie's agony more digestible, but its darkness resists any glossing over of what isn't only France's, but Europe's painful legacy. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 11, 2012
It's a straightforward, heartfelt drama, well acted and well produced. Read full review
60
VarietyJordan MintzerNov 11, 2012
Turning one of the darkest moments in modern French history into syrupy historical drama, writer-director Rose Bosch's The Round Up is a polished, pathos-driven re-creation of the Vichy regime's mass imprisonment and disposal of 13,000 Parisian Jews in summer 1942. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianStan HallNov 11, 2012
There are two halves to La Rafle. The successful one involves the personal tribulations of the families and other souls who were jammed into a Paris velodrome for days under intolerable conditions. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 16, 2012
A well-meaning but inexpertly dramatized account of the roundup of 13,000 Parisian Jews in the summer of 1942. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorNov 11, 2012
It is a paint-by-numbers Holocaust movie, scrupulously balanced, always cautious, occasionally clichéd, often sentimental. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonNov 13, 2012
Treading on a shameful piece of French history, Bosch bizarrely intercuts scenes of Hitler, Himmler, and Hess working out the logistics of the exportations, in vignettes that smack of "Inglourious Basterds" farce, but otherwise, she's got a steady grip on the tear-jerking, if that's your awards-season cocktail. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew SchenkerNov 13, 2012
The movie succeeds in generating only mild outrage, tempered by impeccable tastefulness and the safe distance of time. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterBernard BesserglikNov 11, 2012
A bankable cast, a hint of controversy and high production values may play in their favor commercially, but Bosch and her producer-husband Ilan Goldman have come dangerously close to making a feel-good movie about the Holocaust. Read full review
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