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Four Seasons Lodge (2009)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:10

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Nov 11, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs directs this documentary about a summer colony of Holocaust survivors. Partially shot by legendary documentarian Albert Maysles, FOUR SEASONS LODGE looks at... New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs directs this documentary about a summer colony of Holocaust survivors. Partially shot by legendary documentarian Albert Maysles, FOUR SEASONS LODGE looks at the last time these people gather together to discuss their past and present, revealing moments of both sadness and humor. The decision to close the community evokes a variety of emotions from its longtime seasonal residents, but their shared history unites them even as they disagree about the lodge’s future. [More]

Director: Andrew Jacobs

Director: Andrew Jacobs
Producer: Matt Lavine
Studio: First Run Features

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Supremely moving tale about holocaust survivors as well as the decline of the Borscht Belt.

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11/16/09
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
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[Director Andrew Jacob's] pitch-perfect film provides an affectionate look at a brave, disappearing subculture.

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11/13/09
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The collective’s flame burns bright and disrupts the darkness of a time that too many would soon rather forget. Luckily, we still care to remember.

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11/13/09
Matthew Nestel
Matthew Nestel
Boxoffice Magazine

The lyrically complicating hand of Mr. Maysles, who shot the film with several collaborators, is everywhere apparent in the way the camera picks a path around coherence, refusing narrative in favor of the thick detail of life unfolding.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
11/13/09
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
New York Times
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A tender, heartfelt documentary that's ultimately underwhelming and incomplete because it fails to pack a much-needed intellectual punch.

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11/11/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
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A quietly revealing tribute to unique octogenarians%u2014Holocaust survivors who have summered together for 25 years and the cinema vérité pioneer Albert Maysles.

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11/11/09
Nora Lee Mandel
Nora Lee Mandel
Film-Forward.com

What’s most beautiful of all is that this document ensures that these people will indeed live on forever. Take that, Nazis!

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11/11/09
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Time Out New York

What's surprising about a documentary with such an obvious hook is its unforced but trenchant look at the crisis of faith dividing a small group of mostly Polish Jews who suffered through one of the most godless blights on human history.

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11/10/09
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
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there is no narrative flow or drive to the film

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11/10/09
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

The pic serenely unfolds at the slow and steady pace of its indomitable subjects, ultimately rewarding viewers' patience as individual personalities and stories emerge amid the threatened sale of the Catskills colony.

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11/10/09
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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One of the most emotionally-evocative documentaries ever made about Holocaust survivors.

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11/08/09
Kam Williams
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A joyous albeit at times melancholy look at Holocaust survivors who meet each summer at a mountain resort to kvell, kvetch and prove that living well and long is the best revenge against Hitler.

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10/20/09
Harvey S. Karten
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