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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis moving film explores the trauma of a Holocaust survivor with rare complexity.
- 80VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonAn impressively polished documentary by Bob Hercules and Cheri Hughes. Perhaps even more thought-provoking than its co-helmers intended, pic is bound to spark conversations and debate.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThough some of the heated exchanges in Forgiving Dr. Mengele seem awkward and staged, they put Kor at the center of a riveting debate over how best to come to terms with past horrors, and the potential (and limits) of putting them to rest.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghKor's intentions are beyond reproach, but her campaign raises discomfiting questions.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIt's clear that Kor's goal is to keep people talking, and thinking, about impossibly difficult subjects. And there's no debating her success in that regard.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis uneven but riveting documentary chronicles Kor's journey to a kind of grace little understood (or appreciated) by many fellow Jews and survivors.
- 70The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderFor a film about death-camp survivors Forgiving Dr. Mengele is surprisingly uplifting and, at times, even lighthearted.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIn many respects, Forgiving Dr. Mengele is an ordinary documentary, stylistically and technically unexceptional. But its subject enobles the work. So does Kor : determined, indomitable, and by the end of the movie, a symbol herself of both survival and mercy.
- 50Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallEva Mozes Kor, the lecturer and activist at the center of Forgiving Dr. Mengele, is most notable for her zeal in refusing to be a victim.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoAn extraordinary woman like Eva Kor deserves a less ordinary biography.