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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickWalking with the Enemy may not be another “Schindler’s List” (Ben Kingsley has a small but important role as Hungary’s deposed regent) but it’s handsomely photographed (A-list vet Dean Cundey) in Romania and a compelling addition to the Shoah canon.
- 50McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAfter Walking with the Enemy, two hours and four minutes of torture, rape and mass shootings, you’ll feel you’ve been tested, too.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSome of that emotion inevitably makes its way into our perception of the film, which elevates it somewhat, but only to the level of mediocrity.
- 50Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughDoes not sink to the bathos of Roberto Benigni’s Oscar-winning film (“Life Is Beautiful”), but it does reduce a period of irredeemable horror to the heroics of a single person.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAs earnest and heartfelt as a movie can be, Walking With the Enemy is, unfortunately, a plodding and clunky drama that never misses an opportunity to embrace a cliché.
- 50Washington PostStephanie MerryWashington PostStephanie MerryA simple retelling of these stories would have been more dramatic, more effective and more powerful.
- 40Village VoiceMichael NordineVillage VoiceMichael NordineAs with many other WWII films, it takes genuinely stirring source material -- a young Hungarian man poses as a Nazi to find his dislocated family -- and reduces it to its most shopworn components.
- 40The DissolveJordan HoffmanThe DissolveJordan HoffmanIn the spaces between the hackneyed dialogue, ham-handed score, and poor acting, Walking With The Enemy eventually wins its sole victory: a desire to look the story up on Wikipedia later that day. That may be a small triumph, but it’s hardly the mark of fine cinema.
- 20New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsWhile a noble, inspiring story, the filmmaking is blunt rather than intelligent.