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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceVillage VoiceOne cannot recommend this film strongly enough.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe madness of Holocaust survivors is here played mainly for dark comedy. The film's dazzling central performance in a mental institute finds Jeff Goldblum in the role of his career.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinIn a stunning lead performance, Goldblum stars as a brilliant, apolitical jester.
- 60VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyLargely set in two of the least appetizing locations imaginable, a concentration camp and an insane asylum, this is a rigorously made film that does almost nothing to invite the viewer into its world.
- In a less competitive year, Jeff Goldblum would have had a shot at an Oscar nod for his performance in Adam Resurrected.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe director, Paul Schrader, tries for cleansing audacity, but ends up too close to farce.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe film is so flat that it leaves you wondering if Mr. Kaniuk's book is ultimately untranslatable to the screen.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithGoldblum's wobbly German accent and the staginess of the script doom this effort by Paul Schrader ("American Gigolo").