| Max Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| MAX, by writer and director Menno Meyjes, who was nominated for an Oscar for THE
COLOR PURPLE's script, is an unusual and controversial tale that had groups
protesting it before they had ever seen it. The story of Adolf Hitler (Noah
Taylor) as a young...more |
| Max Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Max Rothman (John Cusack) is a one-armed, German-Jewish war veteran trying to
rebuild his art dealership following the devastation of the Great War. Times are
tough for the ex-soldier but they are far tougher for another man, a former
corporal who is...more |
| Max Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Max Rothman (John Cusack, "High Fidelity") is a progressive art dealer
in 1918 Munich when he meets a Corporal whom he fought with in Ypres who
aspires to be an artist. Screenwriter Menno Meyjes ("The Siege") makes
his directorial debut conjecturing...more |
| Max Review |
| by Dragan Antulov (Rating: 5/10) |
| In late 1980s, while few people believed in the possibility of the
nightmare that would engulf this part of the world, main
propagator of ideas that would result in Vukovar and
Srebrenica was the organisation known as Serbian Literary
Society. In...more |
| Max Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10) |
| CAPSULE: About one of the what has to be one of the
world's touchiest subjects, writer/director Menno
Meyjes gives us a portrait of how someone like Adolf
Hitler might have gotten to be someone like Adolf
Hitler. Meyjes walks a...more |
| Max Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10) |
| PLOT:
Future madman Adolf Hitler used to be a struggling painter? You bet! According
to this (mostly fictionalized) tale, the young Hitler was quite the artist, but
hadn't yet found his "voice" during his earlier years, and hung out with a
high-brow...more |
| Max Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| Let's clear up a couple of misconceptions about Menno Meyjes' Max. For
starters, the film is only a fictional look at a pre-moustachioed Adolph
Hitler's attempts to become an artist. It doesn't glorify the German
madman, nor does it try to humanize any...more |
| Max Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Max" (Lions Gate Films)
When I heard there was an exhibition of Adolf Hitler's paintings in
Williamstown, Massachusetts, I was stunned. (I'd always thought he was a house
painter.) Now, writer/director Menno Meyjes...more |
| Max Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C+) |
| MAX (director/writer: Menno Meyjes; cinematographer: Lajos Koltai; editor:
Chris Wyatt; music:Dan Jones; cast: John Cusack (Max Rothman), Noah Taylor
(Adolf Hitler), Molly Parker (Nina Rothman), Leelee Sobieski (Liselore Von
Peltz), Ulrich Thomsen...more |
| Max Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3.5
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Lions Gate Films
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
Written by: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker,
Ulrich Thomsen
Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 11/12/02 more |
