The documentary style allows Spielberg to deliver his message without preaching. The clever use of light and shade also makes it visually stunning.
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04/17/01
Schindler's List (1993)
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Reviews Counted:58
Fresh:56
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.8/10
Consensus: Schindler's List blends the abject horror of the Holocaust with Steven Spielberg's signature tender humanism to create the director's dramatic masterpiece.
Runtime: 3 hrs 17 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on a true story, SCHINDLER'S LIST is Steven Spielberg's epic drama of World War II Holocaust survivors and the man who unexpectedly came to be their savior. Unrepentant womanizer and war... [More]
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall
Director: Steven Spielberg
Reviews for Schindler's List
Top CriticA heart-rending and redemptive Holocaust story, this Oscar-grabbing epic added to Spielberg's directorial credibility, showing he could handle controversial, sophisticated stories with real sensitivity.
02/19/08
Top CriticThis is a beautifully crafted, hopeful movie.
02/19/08
Top CriticIt's a noble achievement, and essential viewing.
02/09/06
Top CriticNo review available.
09/27/03
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02/10/07
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04/07/08
There's no trust here from the director that the audience might be able to fathom the horrors of the Holocaust if the lines between good and bad aren't distinctly drawn.
05/27/04
A theme park ride masquerading as master's thesis.
11/28/03
The result is unquestionably his most important work, his most fully realized work, his most rewarding work.
01/01/00
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11/06/09
Top CriticAn intensely personal meditation on the nature of heroism and moral choice, rendered on the kind of rich, dreamlike cinematic canvas that only Hollywood can realize.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
02/20/04
Spielberg is such a filmmaking savant that it's hard to tell where the cinema ends and the protection of his sanity begins in Schindler's List
03/09/04
What is most memorable is not the tragedy of the lives lost or even the number of people Schindler saved, but how such an imperfect man could have done something so perfect
01/01/00
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02/28/03
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05/20/03
Accessible ... .
03/18/08
For a movie -- or more accurately, a Hollywood-approved art movie -- this often-stunning work puts the Holocaust into bracing perspective.
01/15/02
[Schindler's List] is a very good piece of cinema and those who are ready to spend three hours in front of the screen would be rewarded with a powerful, thought-provoking piece of seventh art.
01/01/00
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