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Jakob the Liar

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Jakob the Liar (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 71

Fresh: 21

Rotten:50

Average Rating: 4.7/10

Consensus: Any real story is buried by awkward performances and contrived situations.

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In Nazi-occupied Poland at the height of World War II, impoverished cafe owner Jakob (Williams) keeps hope and humor alive in the Jewish ghetto by reporting fictitious news bulletins about the... In Nazi-occupied Poland at the height of World War II, impoverished cafe owner Jakob (Williams) keeps hope and humor alive in the Jewish ghetto by reporting fictitious news bulletins about the Allied forces' advances against the Nazis to his fellow prisoners. Meanwhile, the Germans learn of the mythical radio and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it. A remake of the 1974 German film, JAKOB, DER LUGNER. [More]

Starring: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alan Arkin

Starring: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alan Arkin, Hannah Gordon, Eva Igo, Bob Balaban

Director: Peter Kassovitz

Director: Peter Kassovitz
Screenwriter: Peter Kassovitz, Didier Decoin
Producer: Steven M. Haft

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So sternly manipulative that it becomes a chore to watch.

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01/03/09
Michael Dequina
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Jakob the Liar isn't nearly as intolerable as you might expect of a Holocaust fable starring Robin Williams.

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09/24/07
Rob Gonsalves
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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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03/22/02
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A sober drama about hope as a postive spiritual force.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Jakob will have audiences wondering why they're sitting through two hours of Holocaust horrors with so little to drive the plot.

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Dramatic!

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