Resistance
IFC Films | Release Date (Streaming): March 27, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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8
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10
Negative:
1
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60
Screen RantHannah HoolihanMar 26, 2020
Led by a charismatic performance from Jesse Eisenberg, Resistance is a harrowing story but often feels as if it bit off more than it could chew. Read full review
60
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 26, 2020
Jakubowicz achieves maximum impact by keeping our eyes on the man in the invisible box, one trying to teach children that the power of art can literally be a saving grace. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 26, 2020
Eisenberg’s performance is left to affirm that art can truly happen anywhere, but when he’s offscreen it doesn’t seem to happen anywhere else. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 26, 2020
Eisenberg does an admirable job porting his typically nervous energy into Marceau, a man who’s not portrayed as a full-blooded hero so much as a sincere, if naive, nebbish constantly wrestling with his fears and doubts. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 24, 2020
When we’re meant to be moved, there’s a disconnect. And when we should be transfixed, something Marceau managed in mastering his art, we’re let down. Read full review
42
Original-CinLiam LaceyApr 2, 2020
If you have trepidation about the juxtaposition of “Holocaust orphans” against “mime,” be assured they’re justified. Venezuelan writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz’s wartime thriller is so ambitiously misjudged, it holds a bizarre fascination. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Mar 25, 2020
Resistance is like a maudlin Robin Williams vehicle inorganically fused with a by-the-numbers wartime thriller. In place of showbiz clichés, there are tacky WWII-movie tropes. Read full review
40
EmpireElla KempJun 19, 2020
Resistance fails to commit to anything: too confused to honour its hero, too generic to shine a new light on a crucial moment in history. Somehow, such a remarkable story is here made forgettable. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 18, 2020
Eisenberg does an honest job with the role of Marceau, but it is a subdued performance. Marceau emerges as animatedly nerdy before the Nazis invade, but when the film has to show his heroism, Eisenberg plays him pretty straight. The result is a performance that could have been turned in by anyone. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 26, 2020
Resistance feels disjointed and dated. Read full review
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