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Jun 04, 2023lenedwin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A movie about a human trait that is, unfortunately, rife in the US today. No matter the evidence piled against them or how vilified they've become, deniers stick to their distorted 'facts'.
Feb 04, 2023EvanSchoenfeld rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It’s interesting that they didn’t portray Irving as an especially hateful human being personally: His viciousness was mostly expressed through intellectual devotion to lies, hatred and evil. And yet how many people do I know exclusively…
Jan 10, 2023yesbyedith rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
People are very upset about holocaust news.
Oct 02, 2022Bookafterbook rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Truly thoughtful and comprehensive movie. Very good writing and acting. I’m thinking it must have been particularly difficult for Timothy Spall, who played a shockingly hateful denier. However even today people motivate themselves with…
Jun 19, 2020ilovebooks_18 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent movie. Great scenes of London and Auschwitz. Perfect acting.
Nov 16, 2019dirtbag rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I like to believe that this was about more than the holocaust denial trial. It was gripping when she suggested that if they lost that it would forever be OK to say that it was just another way to look at history (alternative facts). I…
Aug 20, 2019
Why were the wealthy Jews begging Lipschtad not to call witnesses, but the poor Jews were begging her to do so?
Aug 17, 2019ferm_dawg rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Dull, duller, dullest. Of course it is based on the ludicrous idea that 'deniers' say the holocaust did not happen; story was really bad, a huge wiff....
Jun 06, 2019
The movie is definitely watchable and sometimes gripping. However, the dramatization doesn’t live up to the importance of the topic.
May 23, 2019lakeland53 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Definitely a story that needs to be told. However, it did not capture me as it might have. The Holocaust was a terrible time. This, and other stories need to be told. Humanity forgets, or we don't want to look at things. Wilkerson is the…
Apr 10, 2019
Carefully scripted story of Deborah Lipstadt and her challenges to Holocaust denier David Irving in the British court system. Will be an eye opener for those accustomed to the American justice system because in matters of freedom of…
Aug 31, 2018zcch55 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is an incredibly riveting movie about truth vs. fake news. I wasn’t aware this trial was happening in Britain when it did. The frightening part is the resemblance between David Irving, anti-Semite, racist, misogynist, Holocaust denier…
Jul 28, 2018ProfessionalPilgrim rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent movie. Weisz is superb, as are all the other (mainly British) actors.
May 26, 2018mr_chocolate rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Another fine performance by Rachel Weisz, portraying Deborah Lipstadt, an author and historian taken to trial by Holocaust denier, David Irving, for character defamation. The supporting cast was just as good and was moved by actual film…
Apr 13, 2018Nooksack20 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Rachel Weisz was a poor choice to represent Lisptadt, who was notoriously unattractive, loud, aggressive, and not very likable. The story however was very interesting, and the outcome justified.
Feb 26, 2018
let's hear it for Rachel Weisz!Would that the same attention was paid to the ignorance of Stalin's genocidal famine solution, which cost 40 million peasant lives. "the system decreed...." well, it wasn't during a war, so, so, so, so, so,…
Feb 24, 2018INVS rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a long, detailed film based on fairly recent events (2000) & something I was not aware of, as a legal case. My favorite Brit actor, Tom Wilkinson is always brilliant. Timothy S. had lost so much weight I hardly recognized him,…
Jan 13, 2018King_of_the_Squirrels rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Based on true events, this film moves along quite well and is finely acted. I was expecting something a bit different but I appreciated what I got instead. The courtroom scenes are taken directly from the actual trial transcripts.
Jan 12, 2018CynthiaWheaton rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Highly recommend this movie- it was well acted and well written!
Jan 09, 2018LawyerLady rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I wanted this to be better than it was. Lipstadt, the character, is not a likable person, which from what I've read, is true to Lipstadt in life, but I wanted this movie, overall, to be more likable. The ending is predictable, of course,…
Dec 12, 2017DRCBOFH rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
What a pity. I borrowed this movie expecting that it would indeed be about the fight against a holocaust denier. It isn't. It's a trojan horse. It's a "political and/or ideological agenda" that has attempted to hide beneath the cover…
Nov 14, 2017Vivica rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I was surprised!! I thought it might be dry and predictable... that I already knew the whole story because it is such near history and was all over the news. I was wrong!! It was riveting - well acted, well written & well…
Sep 16, 2017llane rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I find it hard to believe that this ACTUALLY happened !!!!!!! What some people think is soooo stupid !!! Wonderful , disturbing !!!!!!!
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Sep 06, 2017jacinthabrown rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The ideological battle between two strong-willed academics, one who specializes in Holocaust studies and the other who denies it ever happened, plays out in the courtroom in this true life account. Superb legal strategy delivers some…
Sep 05, 2017ilovewhippets rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A Well-done movie! The acting and the story were superb! I highly recommend it!