It's a very philosophical film, with an interesting and somewhat fearless exploration of Hitler the man.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 21, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Any film as provocative and nervy as this one is bound to generate controversy...

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jan 29, 2005

Meyjes divides our attentions between the two major players, failing to take us far enough into either character's heart.

| Original Score: B | Dec 6, 2004

| Original Score: 1/10 | Oct 7, 2004

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 6, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 21, 2003

Max is also an intimate portrait of modern art; of the birth of the expressionist movement and great artists. . .

| Jun 5, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 30, 2003

a brave film, showing Hitler as a pathetic cog in a larger machine hurtling inevitably towards the Holocaust.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 5, 2003

I'd have thought it was impossible to overdo the role of Hitler, but Noah Taylor does just that in Max.

Full Review | Mar 28, 2003

The film is torn between playing [Taylor's] character for real and as a dangerous joke.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 21, 2003

Meyjes focuses too much on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured, dull artist and monster-in-the- making.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 10, 2003

Taylor, hawk-faced and gaunt, pours everything into his portrayal of Hitler, never once seeking our sympathy for this angry, homeless loner.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 7, 2003

Max has precious little sting as a morality tale or punch as a parable about the relationship of art to politics.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 6, 2003

A fascinating and engrossing film.

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

Offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 28, 2003

For all the food for thought offered by the film, its overall success is diminished by the fact that there's too much Max and not enough Hitler.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 26, 2003

Max doesn't 'humanize' Hitler, but makes him frighteningly plausible as a dud artist who took revenge by twisting history into a personal, obscene project.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 24, 2003