If stars could be awarded on the basis of good intentions, The Grey Zone should be king of the galaxy. Unfortunately, it lands on earth with something of a thud.
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11/18/02
The Grey Zone (2002)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:55
Rotten:25
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A grim and devastating tale of the Holocaust.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Writer-director-actor Tim Blake Nelson presents THE GREY ZONE, a relentlessly bleak drama that uses one of history's most incomprehensible calamities to address the ultimate question of human... [More]
Starring: David Arquette, Daniel Benzali, Steve Buscemi, Allan Corduner
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Reviews for The Grey Zone
Even in its darkest moments, a heartening defiance underlies gut-wrenching calamity.
11/15/02
As bold and unyielding as The Grey Zone stands with its historical subtext, there are a few factors detracting from the powerful message.
11/15/02
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11/13/02
The Grey Zone is powerful, mesmerizing and disturbing.
11/09/02
An uncomfortable movie, suffocating and sometimes almost senseless, The Grey Zone does have a center, though a morbid one.
11/08/02
[Blake] creates moments ... that are impossible to forget.
11/08/02
The Grey Zone isn't for everyone, but its riveting power constitutes a stunning (as in it leaves you shattered and shaken) achievement.
11/08/02
[Nelson's] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised, unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes.
11/07/02
Like the Ancient Mariner, Nelson grabs us by the collar and says, You must know about this. You must bear witness. And so you do.
11/07/02
True tale of courage -- and complicity -- at Auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable.
11/07/02
Nelson's dialogue sounds colloquially American and betrays its stage origin ... which, added to the well-fed look of many of the inmates, works against the strong acting and the inherent power of the Holocaust theme.
11/04/02
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11/02/02
An unflinching film, The Grey Zone takes us right into the gas chambers.
11/01/02
his [Nelson's] screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma, rather than have his characters stage shouting matches about it.
10/31/02
Tim Blake Nelson, credited as producer / screenwriter / play author / editor / director for “The Grey Zone” has taken a huge bite of a grim story of insurrection and destruction, leavened with spiritual salvation, and makes it, overall, boring and tedious
10/31/02
Writer-director Tim Blake Nelson...makes the film compelling by designing it not to horrify, but to testify.
10/31/02
The Grey Zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies...but the film suffers from its own difficulties.
10/26/02
Tim Blake Nelson takes a charged, unimaginable situation and stylistically flattens it
10/26/02
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10/26/02
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