Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 29, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2005

a sputtering, wet firecracker

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 23, 2003

Though Costa-Gavras brings nothing new to the table about the Holocaust, he puts another nail down in the argument that the world could have acted but didn't because of indifference.

| Original Score: B | Aug 27, 2003

Though such elements might chip away somewhat at Amen's seriousness of intent, they do add fire to the stimulating drama.

| Aug 12, 2003

It's so inert, so slow-moving that it seems at least twice as long as it really is, and it manages to waste a potentially fascinating premise.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Costa-Gavras often shortchanges the story's inherent drama for talky and strident speechifying.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Costa-Gavras deserves credit for staying the course; in a time when most European film directors are wringing their hands, he's still pointing fingers.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 25, 2003

Extremely heavy-handed, almost comically repetitious, and way too long.

Full Review | Jul 16, 2003

Tukur's performance is the centerpiece of the movie; it's a wonderful mixture of outrage and swiftly disappearing naivete.

Full Review | Jun 27, 2003

Less a gripping drama than a stimulating bit of polemic.

| Original Score: B | May 29, 2003

Costa-Gavras' political thrillers used to jab and thrust with lethal efficiency. This one just pounds against a heavy bag, huffing and puffing all the way.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 28, 2003

A movie that suggests the Holocaust may be an endless source of absorbing, heartbreaking dramas.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 9, 2003

In a remarkably subtle turn, the German Tukur is convincing as [Gerstein].

| Original Score: B- | May 1, 2003

Costa-Gavras tells this heartbreaking tale of lost opportunity with an emotional restraint that makes it all the more powerful.

| Apr 25, 2003

What should have been agonizing in its impact comes off as wooden, perhaps because Costa-Gavras works in schematic fashion, spoon-feeding us issues while skimming the historical surface.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Apr 11, 2003

Amen., a docudrama rather than a documentary, is clearly guided by Shoah's example, asking us to reflect on the Holocaust and what made it possible rather than simply recoil from it.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 14, 2003

It goes without saying that no one will disagree with the movie's politics, but the movie itself -- the artistry and storytelling -- are as flimsy and clumsy as you can get.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 13, 2003

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 10, 2003