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(1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh Page   1   4/5 "Indeed, what's clear about The Counterfeiters is that it is intended to be a Holocaust film where the archetypal facets associated with the era...are reduced to a filmic footnote."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron "Perhaps a tad too cerebral, the film is nevertheless a very well-mounted and acted production that treats its themes with considerable depth."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 3/5 "The Counterfeiters joins that class of films like Tsotsi and The Sea Inside that are just good enough to look like they matter"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin B+ "Based on actual events, this is a dramatic war movie that shows the inner conflict at work in a group of prisoners stuck in an ethical quandary over how the cost of their survival might cause the deaths of many others."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The film establishes a complex, compressed moral universe, in which choices are severely limited."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "Only WWII junkies will find much of anything worth embracing here."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B+ "This dark arty film also has some entertainment value due to Austrian actor Markovics and his ability to inhabit his complicated character in a convincing way."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz B "It does peer deeper into the complicated moral quandaries experienced by Hitler's victims than most films on this topic do."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B+ "It survives its melodramatic excesses because of the inherent fascination of its subject and an outstanding lead performance."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Depicts the efforts of a Russian Jew to survive a Nazi concentration camp with his creativity and chutzpah."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Ruzowitzky depicts the care and attention to detail that went into the operation."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Plays the concentration camp drama to dynamic effect."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 3.5/4 "The fascinating, unsentimental true story of a group of concentration camp prisoners forced to help the Nazis perpetrate the largest counterfeiting operation in history."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito "The Counterfeiters, written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, is a morally challenging twist on the long and honorable tradition of forgery movies."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 3.5/5 "mia istoria synarpastika alliotiki, apallagmeni ap' ta epanalambanomena enohika symplegmata tis pleiopsifias ton antistoihon taksidion stin epohi ton Nazi, kai mpoliasmeni me enan aprosdokita skliro kai tairiasto synaisthimatiko realismo, anthropon poy ks"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3.5/5 "A psychological prison drama in line with Midnight Express, but the Holocaust is front and center in the viewer's mind, as well as the film's"   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 4/5 "This is a gripping account of psychological turmoil that's also intellectually challenging."   Movie Insider   Mark Dujsik 8/10 "Films about moral issues are not uncommon. Films that leave the questions open are considerably rarer. This film trusts the viewer to make his own moral judgements as well as dramatizing a nearly forgotten chapter of history."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 4.5/5 "Far more than another Holocaust drama; it's an examination of complex moral shadows that make us capable of cowardice and courage at the same time."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "The Counterfeiters moves slowly in the first half but improves markedly in the second. The latter is the meat of the film and is what makes it worthy of its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "As much a comment on peace as on war, criminals do the right thing in the wrong context for the murderous boss in the suburbs. Dark comedy at its finest."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 9/10 "What makes this movie worthwhile is its depiction of a struggle of conscience. What would you do in such a situation? Would you sacrifice another life to extend your own?"   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 7/10 "The worst you could say is that it's memorably diverting, but as worsts go, that's a pretty damning indictment of a Holocaust movie."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh Page   1