Fatih Akin never ceases to border on the ridiculous in this picture of war, loss, and desolation. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 29, 2023

An effective and old-fashioned weeper about a volatile time for the Armenian people.

| Aug 29, 2018

Its historical devils are never really front and center, and The Cut could, in fact, be described as the most hopeful genocide drama ever.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 20, 2016

He's a man traversing the frontier and isolated pockets of humanity (not always welcoming) to find the promised land of family, and Akin and cinematographer Rainer Klausmann find astounding backdrops for his odyssey...

| Feb 12, 2016

Akin uses a visually compelling yet sober, almost restrained, aesthetic that differs from the more full-throttle approach of some of his previous work.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2015

Despite its visual beauty and Rahim's extraordinary, and silent, performance, the film never quite manages to connect on an emotional level.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 15, 2015

Bombardment of images resonates from Holocaust films. . .Powerful travelogue visuals almost overwhelm the enormity of Armenian genocide and the cross-continental diaspora.

| Original Score: 7 | Oct 9, 2015

Akin has mischievously called the movie a western, and his wide-screen photography gives a sweeping sense of the vast distances separating the hero from his girls.

| Oct 1, 2015

[Akin] is s a resourceful collector of the sounds and sensations of the contemporary world... but there are only a few vividly imagined moments in [this] muted, somber passage...

| Sep 30, 2015

Those with a greater patience for streamlined, propulsive storytelling will be rewarded with a riveting saga of parental determination and historical horror.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 24, 2015

The Cut is a haunting movie, but there are times when one wonders whether Akin should go more for the emotional jugular, rub our faces in the monstrosity he's depicting.

| Sep 20, 2015

The aftermath of the Armenian genocide should have more emotional resonance than is the case with this muddled and superficial period epic.

| Sep 18, 2015

"The Cut" is not an optimistic film, but it presents a scenario rich enough to make you want to be optimistic.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 18, 2015

This depiction could be seen as an allegory of the millions who have been displaced by the Syrian war and continue to fight for their survival as refugees.

| Sep 17, 2015

The journey is brutal, and at over two hours it's exhausting. But it's a story that needs to be told.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 17, 2015

Too many scenes feel routine or cliched, sometimes even those depicting extreme experiences.

| Sep 17, 2015

The hostility directed to this immensely powerful film by RT critics is probably a function of writing for the commercial press that prefers Adam Sandler junk. For those with a heart, this is not to be missed.

| Sep 17, 2015

The Armenian genocide and its aftermath are filtered through the eyes of a featureless man in The Cut, Turkish director Fatih Akin's laborious latest.

| Original Score: C | Sep 17, 2015

This epic of genocide, exile, and fortitude offers raw emotion and marvelous vistas - and is also a demanding sit, as epics of genocide and exile probably should be.

| Sep 15, 2015

Armenian blacksmith cast adrift by World War I searches for his family in an ambitious but flawed period epic.

| Sep 14, 2015