In this case, the tribute falls short of the measure of the man.
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06/26/03
Bonhoeffer (2003)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:23
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: One of the few clear voices of resistance to Hitler in 1930s Germany was also a rare dissenter from the tacit collaborators of the era's Christian churches: theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose... [More]
Reviews for Bonhoeffer
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08/02/03
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09/27/03
Today's church needs Bonhoeffer's example and teaching, and Doblmeier's project makes a worthy contribution to our understanding of this great man.
11/01/06
With this much intrigue and planning, passion and conviction, political and religious controversy, this story should have been riveting, but it's not.
11/26/03
When its subject is as fascinating as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a movie doesn't need bells and whistles.
07/22/03
Bonhoeffer is PBS-dry at times, but its portrait of a latter-day martyr is undeniably poignant and thought-provoking.
07/17/03
It's easy to view Dietrich Bonhoeffer as both a hero and a martyr, and Martin Doblmeier's new documentary does nothing to dispel that image. Thankfully, the director examines his subject in a thorough and clear-headed manner that's worthy of the subject.
06/24/03
What's missing is a thorough exploration of Bonhoeffer's innovative ideas and a probing examination of how he reconciled his passion for pacifism with his growing conviction that assassination is justifiable in some case.
06/26/03
Whatever form the movie takes, it's right and fitting that such a life gets our attention.
07/11/03
Though structured as the biography of the late German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Doblmeier's engrossing documentary also offers a well researched history of his times.
06/26/03
Though we get little sense of Bonhoeffer the man, the film remains a fascinating account of the evolution of his revisionist thought, which led to a theological justification of collective and, if necessary, violent resistance to tyranny.
10/09/03
The film is far more successful when raising questions of spirituality and Christianity than when dealing with the subject at hand.
06/26/03
Top CriticA solid and respectable piece about a man of enormous integrity and courage.
12/30/03
A moving tribute to the Christian theologian and martyr; it is really quite amazing to see how relevant the ethical concerns he struggled with are to the moral dilemmas of our times.
06/21/03
A hero's life is turned into a soporific documentary.
06/11/03
There is more to the philosophy and faith of Dietrich Bonhoeffer than a 90-minute documentary can begin to cover, but this is a powerful and timely introduction.
11/28/03
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12/06/04
Strong, inspiring profile of the valiant and enigmatic World War II-era Protestant theologian.
06/26/03
[A] well-crafted film.
06/26/03
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