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Resistance

2020

Jonathan Jakubowicz

Jesse Eisenberg, Clémence Poésy, Alicia von Rittberg, Bella Ramsey ...

6.1

1,722

Drama The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

	Author	Review
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A bizarre and half-baked Holocaust thriller (....) 'Resistance' is lost in the muddy water somewhere between a superhero origin story and a heroic portrait of artistic survival."	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A fresh entry point to an otherwise familiar if ever relevant subject.(...) 'Resistance' tells a story that’s plenty strong on its own terms"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"An involving if imperfect look at humanism amidst atrocity (...) Though largely familiar in its feel, dramatizes a question that has become urgent for many in recent years: How does one best resist hatred — by fighting its proponents, or rushing to assist its targets?"	POS
United States	Chris Barsanti Slant	"It’s hard not to think of Richard Attenborough’s pushy and unfunny Chaplin in some of Eisenberg’s energetic but flat scenes (...) In most other aspects, however, Resistance functions (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Yes, 'Resistance' takes dramatic license (...) Still, there’s no doubting the emotional commitment of all involved to a story that honors the communal struggle against deadly forces (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"[It] feels disjointed and dated. Lukewarm romantic subplots play like cursory afterthoughts, inserted to pander to audience expectations"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A handsomely produced and well-meaning movie, but freighted with cliche (...) Eisenberg does an honest job with the role of Marceau, but it is a subdued performance (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Canada	Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"You’ve seen this type of fight-back movie before, many many times (...) Eisenberg does an admirable job porting his typically nervous energy into Marceau"	NEU
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"A tense and gripping thriller (...) Although Marceau is the linchpin for the narrative, he and his mime artistry don’t overwhelm the story and sometimes even take a backseat to the film’s many characters and events"	POS
United States	Warren Cantrell The Playlist	"While its heart is in the right place, the only thing the movie accomplishes is to lift the veil on a largely unknown story about a real-life performer who deserves better than this"	NEU
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"'Resistance' is like a maudlin Robin Williams vehicle inorganically fused with a by-the-numbers wartime thriller"	NEG
United States	Michael Nordine The Wrap	"A reasonably diverting drama (...) [It] doesn’t add as much to the beyond-crowded World War II genre"	NEU

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