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Where Is Anne Frank

100 Movies of 2021

Where Is Anne Frank

2021

Ari Folman

Animation, Voice: Emily Carey, Ruby Stoke, Skye Bennett ...

6.4

565

Animation. Drama The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes is still alive, in today's Europe. While the young girl is shocked by the modern world, she also comes across Anne's legacy.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Folman has created richly imaginative storytelling which unselfconsciously mixes the historical, the contemporary and the supernatural (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] spins around exceptionally engaging central characters, expresses the story’s unspeakable sadness with eloquence and sensitivity, and winningly captures the intelligence, humor and adolescent exuberance [of Anne Frank]"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"While it may not be as groundbreaking or as wholly satisfying as ['Bashir'], it’s another daring and provocative use of animation with the power to haunt those to see it."	POS
United States	Robert Daniels Polygon	"The well-placed message and the imaginative animation will win over the film's intended audience: young children. But the moves 'Where is Anne Frank' uses to deliver that message may do as much harm as they bring help"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[Frank's memories] were her gift to us, and Folman does a valiant job of repackaging them in a way that might remind future generations of their value."	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"[Some moments] imbue the film with a beguiling magic, a lightness which goes some way to disarming the slightly heavy-handed approach to the film’s political message."	POS
United States	Carlos Aguilar The Playlist	"This hand-drawn animated vision, as if created digitally, is wondrous and magical (...) while being immensely more sophisticated in narrative structure and themes"	POS
United States	Ed Frankl The Film Stage	"Making a children's film about the Holocaust is a brave and commendable ambition, but the horrors of the Nazi era are so harrowing that the message at the center of Folman's film feels trite"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] fervent, heartfelt and visually wonderful animated film (...) Folman has created richly imaginative storytelling which unselfconsciously mixes the historical, the contemporary and the supernatural (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jason Gorber rogerebert.com	"I couldn’t help but admire the execution even as I was left ambivalent about the result (...) An adolescent may well find this to be a perfect entrance into not only Frank’s own story but to understanding the scope of the suffering of so many millions"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"The filmmaker strives to offer a more authentic account of the incidents described in the diary, as if to suggest there's more to be discovered between the lines of previous tellings"	POS
United States	Pete Hammond Deadline	"This isn't just another retelling of the Anne Frank story, but rather a complete reinvention that should resonate in the hearts of the young audience at which it is aimed"	POS
United Kingdom	Stephen Applebaum Radio Times	"A tender, heartfelt work that powerfully situates the story within the context of the 1.5 million Jewish children killed in the Holocaust, as well as drawing attention to children under threat today (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"An exquisite, eye-catching animation (...) The film's worth as an educational tool for pre-teen audiences is inarguable (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
	Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"[An] innovative and delightful animation that has a remarkable sting in its tail (...) A standout gem"	POS

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