Despite its gruesome scenes of hundreds of Chinese prisoners of war being lined up and executed and its ostentatious shots of severed heads, the movie is less than indelible.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
21 May 2010
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One of the main virtues of John Rabe is to demonstrate that, however much we know about the worst of all wars, it still has little-known corners that can amaze us.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
24 May 2010
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Drawn from Rabe's diaries, the film is rich in telling and ironic details.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jun 2010
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Thanks to Tukur, what we get here is still something: a stunning portrait of a good man caught in a widening inferno.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 Jun 2010
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It is a tale of a true hero, even if in its minor details it's less than entirely true. For a movie with ambitions as big as "John Rabe," that doesn't just make it good. That makes it epic.