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The Daily BeastApr 30, 2024
May 2, 2024
Season 1 Review:
It’s a sobering chronicle of a romance surrounded by death that’s, by virtue of its subject, more affecting than entertaining. It’s also slow-paced, suggesting the story may have been better told as a compact feature film rather than the drawn-out miniseries that has all episodes now streaming on Peacock.
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iMay 2, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Most moving, however, is footage of the real Lali Sokolov, now in his late eighties, who breaks down as he recalls the evils of Auschwitz. This comes at the end of the last episode, shortly before a new Barbra Streisand song, “Love Will Survive” (specifically created for the series), strikes up. It’s hugely powerful. What a shame this well-made but occasionally over-sentimental series doesn’t have more moments like it.
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May 1, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Overall, though, the miniseries does suffer from a few flaws, including an intrusive soundtrack (by Hans Zimmer). Most important of all, the story is weakened by miscasting. As the young Lali, Hauer-King digs hard but doesn’t fully evoke the complex inner conflict Lali feels as he must betray others to survive. And, to me at least, he looks nothing like the older Lali, well-played by Harvey Keitel, who manages to bring Lali’s shame to the fore.
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May 1, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The Peacock miniseries takes seriously the responsibility to bear witness. But the gravity of a noble mission can also become an albatross. In spite of the touching romance at its heart, The Tattooist of Auschwitz feels like a means of conveying an urgent message, rather than a story to get swept up in for its own sake.
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The IndependentMay 2, 2024
The TelegraphApr 30, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Jonah Hauer-King plays the young Lale, and he doesn’t have the depth that the role demands. He recently played the prince in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and that suited him better. Polish actress Anna Próchniak does her best with the thin character of Gita. As the saccharine Heather, Melanie Lynskey’s only job is to look soppy and tearful at regular intervals when the story cuts back to the present day.
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