With the feel, look and indulgences of a sincere, even well-made home movie, it's an awkward fit for theatres.
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Hiding and Seeking (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 19
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Theatrical Release: Feb 6, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: In a testimony to the power of tolerance, filmmaker Menachem Daum, his wife, and their sons travel to a Polish town where his father-in-law and his two brothers hid from the Nazis with a non-Jewish family for 28 months. Daum proposes the... [More]
Director: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
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Reviews for Hiding and Seeking
When the Daum's return from Israel, in one of the most impactful scenes, the boys sit with their maternal grandfather, an old wrinkled Jew with a short white beard, and ask him why he never tried to contact the Polish farmer who selflessly saved his life.
08/17/06
Explores the greater effects of the Holocaust on faith, not only in God but in other people, while revealing a single family's tale of survival.
06/03/04
Top Critic The singular beauty of Hiding and Seeking is its delicate but relentless probing of ambiguous motivation on the one hand, and its hearteningly conciliatory spirit on the other.
06/02/04
"All religions today are in danger of being hijacked by extremists." This quote and theme makes H&S one of those poignant films with respect to current world events.
05/12/04
If the film is a humanist's vision, it is also is a genealogist's dream come true—of spiritual and historical discovery despite insurmountable odds.
04/05/04
What makes the film both watchable and important is the candid, untidy way it presents conflicting emotions and multiple points of view.
04/02/04
Top Critic Ultimately, Hiding and Seeking is about finding the humanity in all people. This PBS-bound documentary lives up to that ambitious ideal.
04/02/04
A thoughtful documentary in which the filmmaker sets out to overcome the religious insularity of his two adult sons.
03/26/04
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03/10/04
What initially has a home-movie feel evolves into a deeply moving personal essay -- one with a universal message about the importance of healing past wounds and building a hatred-free future.
03/05/04
Its examination of the long-lasting effects of evil on the psyche of its victims and their descendants is both thoughtful and much needed in these increasingly polarized times.
02/12/04
Top Critic Shot on video and starring his family, Menachem Daum's latest documentary may be closer to a home movie than the usual theatrical release, but in its own quiet way, it's among the most important films you're likely to see this year.
02/06/04
With his filmmaking partner Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum is a rare documentarian willing to explore the painful subject of some Orthodox Jews' intolerance towards gentiles, and he does it in a highly personal fashion.
02/06/04
Top Critic The documentary filmmakers Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky return with a provocative personal essay film centered on Mr. Daum's tendentious relationship with his two sons.
02/05/04
Top Critic Daum has ultimately made a heartfelt and rather brave film, which probably had the potential of unsettling not just his viewers, but the inner workings of his own family mechanism.
02/05/04
Top Critic Basically a personal essay, and the undeniably moving family saga takes over completely in the film's second half.
02/03/04
Top Critic Tackles the significant questions of religious intolerance and of all religions in danger of being hijacked by extremists.
01/23/04
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