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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA fascinating film that is as thorough as it is idiosyncratic.
- 88RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireRogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireOne can’t watch this film and not think of events in the world today. How did the German nation get so caught up in the Nazi mythology that it plunged willingly toward its own destruction? Obviously being seduced away from a clear comprehension of reality into self-regarding mass fantasy was a big part of it.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckProviding important historical and sociological context, Hitler's Hollywood emerges as a compelling cinematic essay that should be essential viewing for cinephiles and history buffs alike.
- 80CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellDrily narrated by Udo Kier, Hitler’s Hollywood is not a film about the rise of Nazism, nor even a linear history of the era’s cinema. Rather, it seeks to capture its spirit, interrogate its aesthetics and finally, to try to understand the insidious power of its propaganda.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneRüdiger Suchsland’s film is a master class in the relationship between image production and ideology writ large.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe most charged implication of Hitler’s Hollywood is that artistry enabled the Third Reich.
- 42The Film StageTony HindsThe Film StageTony HindsWhile intermittently fascinating in its attention to detail and its provocative thesis, Suchsland’s verbose essay film never successfully surpasses the realm of mere academic curiosity.