Review of Screamers (2006) by Michael Wilmington for Chicago Tribune — 30 Jul 2012
A commendably brave piece, but less focused and powerful than you'd like. In the end, Garapedian might have been better off concentrating her energy on the 1915 Armenian story--which has been told on film various times (for example, in "Forty Days of Musa Dagh" and Atom Egoyan's "Ararat"), but never with the power of, say, "The Pianist" or "Schindler's List.
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This review of Screamers (2006) was written by Michael Wilmington and published by Chicago Tribune on 30 Jul 2012.
Screamers has generally received mixed reviews.
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