Kirk Honeycutt's review in The Hollywood Reporter was more generous, concluding the picture
was a"well-told coming-of-age yarn" but"disturbing" for raising critical questions about complicity in the Holocaust.
Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said the film"transcends any single genre as a very human
document that touches first and foremost on the need to give people hope" and added it"is superbly crafted, covering huge amounts of time, people and the zeitgeist without a moment of lapsed energy or inattention to detail.