Nicky's Family (2013)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 6
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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5
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NICKY'S FAMILY is a gripping documentary that tells the mostly unknown story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a young Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Jewish Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. As a result of his heroic efforts, today there are over 6,000 descendants who live all over the World. (c) Menemsha
Jul 19, 2013 Limited
Menemsha Films
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The unfathomable tragedy of the Holocaust is beyond the scope of "Nicky's Family," and even as the credits roll, Winton's simple decency is as mysterious as ever.
Top CriticAn enthralling documentary by Matej Minac...
What's nettlesome about director Matej Minac's clunkily constructed documentary is what it says about our perverse but understandable need to spin some kind of happy ending onto the Holocaust.
Hokey reenactments of the war years do the film no favors, but it's worth sticking them out to witness a humanity that never could be faked.
Although suffering from cheesy historical reenactments, this inspirational Holocaust-themed documentary recount a story that deserves to be more widely known.
There's a great story at the heart of Matej Minac's documentary "Nicky's Family," if only it were allowed to be told unvarnished.
Equally heartbreaking, informative and heartwarming. Unless you're made of stone, you will not be dry eyed by the time the end credits roll. It's easily accessible for all ages.
A great true story and a great man come together in this real heart-warmer of a documentary.
This is a powerful chapter in our human history, but it's made melodramatic and dull through Matej Minac's indulgence of hokey reenactments and sound-augmented archival footage.
A great story, brilliantly told. Sir Nicholas Winton is pure inspiration. See this wonderful documentary to catch some of it...
Not as dismal as other stories from Holocaust documentaries. There are many positive notes.
A true story about an ordinary person, who turned out to be an extraordinary human being when it counted the most.
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Foreign Titles
- La Famille de Nicky, le Schindler britannique (FR)
