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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 29 Mar 2017

It's never a waste of time watching Jessica Chastain, even if the film she's in isn't great…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 29 Mar 2017

It would be easy to mistake the gentle tone as not sufficiently harrowing, but Caro presents Antonina's story with as much grace and humanity…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Mar 2017

Once the Nazis roll in and shoot all the critters, the movie begins to feel like a budget version of Schindler's List and drifts away into…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 29 Mar 2017

The Zookeeper's Wife is a little too delicate, and that includes the way it handles what happens to some of the animals -- tastefully and just…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 29 Mar 2017

The intelligent choices of the director and the nuanced performance of Jessica Chastain make this important story one worth watching…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 29 Mar 2017

The Holocaust, and the plight of Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, is given a thoughtful, lyrical treatment in The Zookeeper's Wife, a drama that…

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By Bernard Boo (61) for PopMatters (2,617) on 29 Mar 2017

The Zookeeper's Wife isn't nearly as unique or bizarre or harrowing as the events that inspired it, though it is deeply felt and, at times,…

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By Andrew Lapin (196) for NPR (1,713) on 29 Mar 2017

Caro fails to find the same spark of compassionate moviemaking that ignited her masterpiece Whale Rider, or even her perfectly enjoyable take…

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By Edward Johnson-Ott (361) for NUVO Newsweekly (453) on 29 Mar 2017

I hadn't heard about this remarkable true story and I'm glad I got to learn about it…

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By Blake Crane (142) for Film Racket (579) on 29 Mar 2017

Moments of visual expressiveness, striking as they are, become swallowed up in choppy note-hitting for the characters…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 29 Mar 2017

Its 14A rating in Ontario means it could function as an introduction to the Holocaust for more mature children, without completely scarring…

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By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 29 Mar 2017

Chastain embraces the lead in an anchoring performance, and Brühl gives a sinister performance that hearkens to his famous turn as a Nazi…

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By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 29 Mar 2017

While The Zookeeper's Wife never lands an emotional knockout punch, there's a decency in the actions of Antonina Żabińska and Jan Żabiński…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 29 Mar 2017

One silver lining to the current political situation is that at least in a few years we'll have some new stories to tell about fighting Nazis…

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By Matt Goldberg (248) for Collider (1,032) on 29 Mar 2017

It always feels like it's keeping the Holocaust at arm's length, not because it's trying to cover up those horrors, but because it wants to…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 29 Mar 2017

It's an inspiring tale [but] frankly, the Zabinskis, and those they helped, deserve a better cinematic memorial than this…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 29 Mar 2017

An engrossing if somewhat glossy drama based on a real-life heroine…

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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 29 Mar 2017

Intense, violent true story about courage in WWII…

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By Mike Reyes (98) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 29 Mar 2017

It's not that The Zookeeper's Wife is a bad film, so much as it's a wasted opportunity…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 29 Mar 2017

Niki Caro's gorgeous drama favors intimacy over grand moments and gracefully honors life in all forms…

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