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Almost Peaceful (2004)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:22
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 14, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Set during the largely unexplored period immediately after WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in... [More]
Starring: Simon Abkarian, Zabou Breitman, Lubna Azabal, Clotilde Courau
Director: Michel Deville
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Reviews for Almost Peaceful
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a movie that stuffy film critics rate highly out of a sense of guilt and fear, but which never connect with real audiences, desperately waiting for something to happen Full Review |
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The combination of happy plot resolutions, spring-like classical music and beautiful scenery put a pleasant cap on a very humane, moving film. Full Review |
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3/4 |
There isn't much of a narrative arc in director Michel Deville's drama, just many touching little stories. Full Review |
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The plotting in this 2002 French drama really isn't any more deep than your typical soap opera. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Generosity and love of life are the film's hallmarks. Like the work of an expert tailor, it's done with unobtrusive skill, essential warmth and seamless grace. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Unlike any other film I have seen about the Holocaust. Full Review |
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There's something rather lovely about the mood and intentions of Michel Deville's French movie. Full Review |
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An unassuming, dignified and deeply resonant experience. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Delicately moving. Full Review |
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You become aware of how few movies about survivors of the Holocaust show them going about their lives, as opposed to acting out someone's idea of a Holocaust Survivor. Full Review |
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This is a film of half-notes and nuances, and as a chronicle of emotional survival it is infinitely inspiring. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
A loving, moving portrait of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust attempting to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives in Paris. Full Review |
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Deville is an experienced director, and he composes this picture very neatly. Full Review |
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A mature and subtle film about how a community rebuilds itself after tragedy and disaster. Full Review |
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Handsomely shot but almost bewilderingly bland. Full Review |
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The characters in Almost Peaceful are pulled between a longing for what is lost and a fierce desire to live. Deville's plangent sympathy for them keeps the sentimentality honest. Full Review |
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As an ensemble piece offering harsh themes rendered easily digestible by spoonfuls of sweetness and compassion, Almost Peaceful is too mild and treacly to enhance Deville's reputation with American audiences. Full Review |
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