Alone in Berlin's reviews
Media reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
When Alone in Berlin reaches the end of its journey, it?s the performances of Gleeson and Thompson that ensure we?ll never forget the bravery of Otto and Anna.
Indiewire
There is always something of value in the sincere recreation of ordinary heroism. And Perez? film does sincere if ordinary justice to the idea that where there is a will for it, resistance can find a way, be it so small as to be postcard-sized.
Empire
A well-made Euro pudding, Alone In Berlin, like The Book Thief, can?t find the depths, darkness or daring to stand out.
Los Angeles Times
Alone in Berlin is ultimately hobbled by its own cinematic inertia, its inability to reimagine the past with the kind of intensity that would also speak to the present.
Variety
Tastefully lit and art-directed throughout, with a somberly mellifluous Alexandre Desplat score to ease it along, this fact-based drama finally cushions its harshest emotional blows, though Brendan Gleeson?s deeply sad, stoic dignity in the lead cuts through some of the padding.
New York Times
Adapted from Hans Fallada?s 1947 novel (and based on a true story), Alone in Berlin is dour and flavorless.