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Summary: Great Robin Williams Performance
Review: Robin Williams was perfectly cast as Jakob Heim. The critics hated this movie, but I enjoyed it alot. This is one of my favorite Robin Williams films, next to Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society. This is a great Holocaust movie and you should buy it or at least rent it!
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Summary: The key to your reaction will be your frame of reference
Review: The week before seeing this film, my wife and I travelled to Krakow, Poland to see Auschwitz. We then visited Prague. I have to tell you, if your frame of reference is boomer generation American living in Europe and having visited the real thing -- rather than other movies -- the film is a revelation.We stumbled across this rental in a UK Blockbuster, rented it, and were stunned by it. It felt closer in atmosphere and nuance to where we'd just been than anything we've ever seen. It is a "small" movie: no grand gestures, no sweeping vistas or bright colors. No "pops" in the story line, no grand themes caricatured. This is not to say that we don't have our own copies of Schindler's List and Life is Beautiful, nor that these films suffer from these defects! But...if you haven't been to this part of the world, the one film of these three that would be most consistent with what you felt and intuited would probably be this one. I'm sorry the critics didn't like it. It is something out of the ordinary, and appears to have been a labor of love.
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Summary: humor and hope in the face of cruelty
Review: There are reviewers who had trouble with the humor in Jakob the Liar. I think the point is that human beings cannot survive without it. The most horrible conditions can only be survived by resilent people who find a way to hold on and relate. The humor showed the character of the people who needed to find a way to survive day-by-day. I found the movie to be well worth watching.
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Summary: humor and hope in the face of cruelty
Review: There are reviewers who had trouble with the humor in Jakob the Liar. I think the point is that human beings cannot survive without it. The most horrible conditions can only be survived by resilent people who find a way to hold on and relate. The humor showed the character of the people who needed to find a way to survive day-by-day. I found the movie to be well worth watching.
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Summary: The Power Of Hope
Review: This film depicts the power of hope, even in the most dire circumstances. This film is humorous without minimizing the suffering of the Jews at the hands of the Nazis. The movie kept my interest throughout. Robin Williams was excellent as an unlikely hero.
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Summary: Forget all the nice things people are saying!
Review: This film is utter ... and theres nothing more to be said.
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Summary: It is sad happy and funny
Review: This is the best movie after only hearing about this movie onetime I rented it and it was the best movie. It was sad but it has tonsof grate points in it. Based on Jacob who lies because he dose not want to tell them the truth that the war is not ending and who knows how long they have to stay there. This is based on when hiltler was around and keeping the jews for work and stuff because he dint like them. This is a hartworming movie that it deffintly worth the 3 dollors you pay to rent it. END
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Summary: Hard to define
Review: This movie almost defies description. First, it is not a big movie, nor does it fit in the normal WWII genre. It doesn't contain the brutality of Schindler's List, but it deals with the same general subject. It is a somewhat dark movie but with amusing moments. It is certainly not your normal Robin William's vehicle, but he certainly plays the part of Jakob with fervor. Ultimately, the movie ends like all movies of this type do, but it's hard to feel all bad about its outcome. This is a very good movie, but one that leaves a curiously empty feeling when all is said and done. One fact stands out above all: this movie deserves better than it got at the box office.
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Summary: An Awesome Movie!
Review: This movie is a realistic version of a Jew in the Holocaust period. I think the acting was Super! Robin Williams is a truly realistic Jewish man who takes in a Jewish girl and is hiding her from the Nazis. Well, I'm going to leave the rest to you to see the movie.
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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: This movie should be placed among the timeless World War Two classics such as Schindler's List and Life Is Beautiful. It is truly one of Williams best performances since Goodwill Hunting. It acurately portrays the life of people during the Jewish Holocaust. Iwas touched deeply by this movie and moved by the great performance of Williams and the rest of the cast. Peter Kassovitz establishes himself as a great director with this movie. The book was great and the movie was even better!
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