Treasure Reviews
Ignore those reviews from "professional" critics. This is a remarkable film with historical significance. Let me ask you: When is the last time watched a movie that filmed at the actual Auschwitz concentration camp? Never forget.
Despite what the critic say I liked it. Slow to get into but as the story develops it draws you into characters journey. Difficult subject matter but doesn't leave you feeling depressed at the end.
A brilliant film- no sentimentality, instead deeply emotional and realistic performances from the cast. I visited Auschvitz Birkenau in 1998, it was an overwhelming experience. This film shows the camp as the starkly horrific place that it is, but the real focus is the emotional aftermath on the survivors family and their daughter. I felt that Stephen Fry inhabited the character of the Dad completely and his fear was palpable...I found myself holding my breath a lot. Leena Dunham was superlative as the daughter brought up by traumatised parents, who has absorbed that trauma and needed to make sense of it all. Wow. I loved it and it has affected me deeply.
This movie is important. I’m sitting here after watching feeling so absolutely empty and yet so absolutely full. If a movie’s job is to spark emotion and really change perception, this is a masterpiece.
Simply delivered. Sensitive and honest acting. Bravo.
Ignore the news paper “experts”, this is an excellent movie! Slow maybe in todays world, but it conveys with subtle humour the difficult message of how one creates walls to protect oneself from trauma which ultimately keep loved ones away! The cast were superb!
Absolute tear-jerker. The film has a very smooth development. It had a profound effect on my whole family in the cinema, we had been discussing it after for hours.
I was completely enthralled by the wonderful acting and the humanity of this film. I highly recommend it for everyone. Touching, beautiful, heartwarming . I will watch it again and again
I really enjoyed this movie. I live in Poland (as a foreigner) and it captured Polish humour, grace and friendship so well. It’s also captured the crazy! It don’t think it handled the subject badly at all. Fry was so balanced in his moments of horror and humour.
The movie is a great representation of an actual dynamic between holocaust survivors and their children. The movie was very moving, every detail well thought and the reactions are not far fetched. Obviously Stephen kills it, and Lena is an amazing supporting actress.
Insightful film based on a true story. Stephen Fry was excellent.
Touching, understated and really well done. Like some of the other audience critics, it has echoes from my own family - my Russian (Jewish) mother grew up in Gdansk and came to Britain only in 1937. I think the hostile professional critcisms in Rotten Tomatoes reflect the technical eye, while the warm audience reviews reflect people like me who find meaning in it.
This film has real heart and soul. Incredibly charming. Loved the father-daughter relationship love and complexity. Very powerful and touching way to examine challenging topics.
This was a beautiful film. Stephen Frys role was incredible , he deserves an Oscar. I was so touched by this story. I wish I could have done a similar trip with my parents
Stunning film. Anyone with a heart must be touched by this beautiful father-daughter relationship. Made me think of my own experience with my dad and our trip back to China. Love Lena Dunham.
Treasure was a very nice film, old fashioned in the way it was just great film-making. The acting, the story, the setting was all very refreshing. It is a film that makes you laugh and also brings you to tears.
We loved this film. A compelling story and acted beautifully by Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry.
This is an extremely well-done film about trauma and how it is passed down through generations. Had the protagonists been anything other than Jewish the critics would have loved it. Lena Dunham is the daughter of Polish holocaust (Auschwitz) survivor played by Stephen Fry (who did a great job but I would have been more comfortable with a Polish actor thus distracting from the sometimes missing Polish accent). The film starts out a bit clunky and disjointed but one learns that it is an appropriate framing of the father daughter relationship. We observe their trek to their Polish hometown and the current occupants (set in 1991). While this film is about the horror of the holocaust it is also about how that impacts all aspects of survivors' lives and their children. Excellently done and well worth seeing.
Treasure was a truly moving film, I loved the relationship between father and daughter and all the important subjects it explored in a very accessible way. Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham were both terrific.