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Polish and English language documentary about an archeological dig to recover personal objects secretly buried by prisoners at the Maidanek death camp during the Holocaust. Cast:Adam Frydman, Tessie Jacob, Ella Prince, Alexander Blank, David Prince, Laurie AndersonDirector:Steven MeyerRelease Date:November 18, 2011DVD Release: TBD From:Historical Media AssociatesLength:1 hr 23 min
Buried Prayers played in New York City to very good reviews. • Elizabeth Weitzman wrote in the New York Daily News, "Steven Meyer's deeply affecting documentary, narrated by Laurie Anderson, takes us back to the Polish extermination camp Majdanek in order to honor those who left everything behind." • And Neil Genzlinger wrote in the New York Times, "...reactions to revisiting the camp are wrenching to watch." More Reviews Below...
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...reactions to revisiting the camp are wrenching to watch.... the message that the Holocaust victims were people, not just statistics, is loud and clear."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 11/18/11
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: EXCELLENT(cg) "Steven Meyer's deeply affecting documentary, narrated by Laurie Anderson, takes us back to the Polish extermination camp Majdanek in order to honor those who left everything behind."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 159 words, 11/18/11
Nick Schager, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "...a simultaneously heartbreaking and stirring process of exhumation that's paralleled by the survivors' unearthing of traumatic memories they'd long ago buried within themselves."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 185 words, 11/16/11
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
Buried Prayers has not been reviewed in Key Cities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Nick Schager, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "...a simultaneously heartbreaking and stirring process of exhumation that's paralleled by the survivors' unearthing of traumatic memories they'd long ago buried within themselves."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 185 words, 11/16/11
Andrew Schenker, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "...it's to the director's discredit that what started out as a film designed to illuminate falls so easily into accepted patterns of atrocity filmmaking, whether of the fictional or documentary variety."(See all of Andrew Schenker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 457 words, 11/13/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...reactions to revisiting the camp are wrenching to watch.... the message that the Holocaust victims were people, not just statistics, is loud and clear."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 11/18/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)
Ronnie Scheib, Daily Variety: FAIR "...overfamiliar and underwhelming... a group of concentration-camp survivors return to the site of their traumatic memories, Poland's Maidanek death camp.... Helmer Steven Meyer never fully brings together his docu's disparate elements."(See all of Ronnie Scheib's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 11/16/11
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...reactions to revisiting the camp are wrenching to watch.... the message that the Holocaust victims were people, not just statistics, is loud and clear."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 11/18/11
20.2 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Buried Prayers's reviews are separated by an average 20.2 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Buried Prayers (5 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Buried Prayers's reviews cover 6.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 1,305 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 261 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 16.1 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Buried Prayers's reviews on average broke 16.1 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Buried Prayers's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Buried Prayers (5 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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