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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenAn intellectual inquiry with burning present-day resonance, The Meaning of Hitler is also a road trip through some of the darkest chapters of European history.
- 90VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanWe go into The Meaning of Hitler craving that millimeter of insight, of intrigue and revelation. And the film provides it. It ruminates on Hitler and the Third Reich in ways that churn up your platitudes.
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIf you see just one “Hitler” film this year, make it this one.
- 83IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnThe Meaning of Hitler doesn’t have to make sense of this decade’s chaos to clarify just how much it remains vulnerable to the same complaisant attitudes exploited by the German leader decades ago. The movie isn’t just another cautionary tale; it’s a jagged intellectual wakeup call that cuts deep, and America can’t hear it enough.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe Meaning of Hitler takes a multifaceted, often counterintuitive approach to examining the underpinnings of fascism.
- 70Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonWall Street JournalJohn AndersonThis ambitious and mutedly angry film also assumes an ironic tone in examining the Hitler phenomenon from angles political, sociological, psychological and, very intriguingly, cinematic.
- 63Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneThough uneven, the film is clever about avoiding age-old conundrums regarding the disavowal of the language of horror.
- 63RogerEbert.comRoxana HadadiRogerEbert.comRoxana HadadiThe Meaning of Hitler never quite reconciles its central concern of whether continuing to talk about Hitler is an inherently compromised pursuit, and that uneasiness feels like an unintentional capitulation for an otherwise well-intentioned project.