Primo Levi's Journey
Cinema Guild | Release Date: August 17, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Fascinating. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
For while the idea of comparing the Europe of 60 years ago to the Europe of today sounds didactic, the results are anything but. Ferrario turns out to have a delicate, unforced eye for elegant counterpoints, and his style unobtrusively draws you into the journey. Read full review
70
VarietyJay Weissberg
Sensitive, sobering, and tinged with respectful melancholy, Primo Levi's Journey retraces the enforced peregrinations of the great Italian chemist following his release from Auschwitz. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Primo Levi's Journey is a profound meditation on the unevenness of history, reminding us -- as Faulkner once remarked -- that the past not only isn't dead, it isn't really past at all. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Vividly impressionistic and delightfully curious. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
A rather unfocused but ultimately provocative portrait of Eastern Europe. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The film lacks a certain coherence, and Levi - one of Italy's most important postwar writers - is mostly relegated to an excuse for a sociopolitical travelogue. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Exquisitely shot and the dark poetry of Levi's words, read at intervals throughout the film, is brought to haunting life by a suitably weary-sounding Chris Cooper. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJulia Wallace
Primo Levi's Journey is almost willfully opaque about the actual circumstances of Primo Levi's journey. Who exactly was this man we're meant to be paying homage to, and why did it take him so long to get home? Read full review
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