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LORE (2012)Movie Reviews
German language drama about a teenaged girl on a journey to bring her siblings to their grandparents' home after their Nazi parents are taken into Allied custody. Cast:Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs, André Frid, Mika Seidel, Kai-Peter Malina, Nick Holaschke, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Sven Pippig, Philip Wiegratz, Katrin Pollitt, Hendrik Arnst, Claudia Geisler, Pit Bukowski, Friederike FrerichsDirector:Cate ShortlandRelease Date:February 8, 2013DVD Release:May 28, 2013From:Music Box FilmsLength:1 hr 48 min
Lore (2012) opened in key cities to very good reviews. • Michael O'Sullivan wrote in the Washington Post, "...powerful and haunting... a story of healing... the filmmaker has a sensibility keenly attuned to the condition of female adolescence." • And Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote in Entertainment Weekly, "...striking, slow-building..." More Reviews Below...
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT(cg) "...striking, slow-building... uses fractured, impressionistic imagery as a mirror of moral dislocation as the children make their way through an unfamiliar landscape."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 90 words, 02/15/13
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...dark, mysterious... sustains an air of overarching mystery... the viewer, like the title character, is in the position of a sheltered child plunked into an alien environment..."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 651 words, 02/08/13
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...somber, often wordless... a disconcerting and eerie film, made even more memorable since it's seen through the prism of childhood's end."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 121 words, 02/08/13
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...intense, emotional... a picture from life's other side... reaffirms Cate Shortland's status as a director whose strength is emotional, empathetic filmmaking."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 818 words, 02/08/13
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "...creates an admirable drip-drip of dread... the sort of movie you'd already expect to rip your heart out, but that doesn't diminish the tragedy when it does arrive."(See all of Farran Smith Nehme's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 250 words, 02/08/13
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "At its best the film chronicles how an indoctrinated child of Hitler's willing executioners might save herself during wartime, and its equally threatening aftermath."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 298 words, 02/15/13
Steven Boone, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...gets right down to business.... We know where this is going pretty early on, but that doesn't prevent 'Lore' from being riveting stuff, start to finish."(See all of Steven Boone's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 884 words, 02/15/13
Scott Foundas, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...set amidst the winding trails of the Bavarian woods, circa 1945.... has a tendency to overstate its case... Cate Shortland draws fine work from her actors..."(See all of Scott Foundas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 207 words, 02/06/13
KEY CITIES (9 Reviews)
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...powerful and haunting... a story of healing... the filmmaker has a sensibility keenly attuned to the condition of female adolescence."(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 481 words, 03/08/13
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...fierce and powerful... Shortland, an Australian filmmaker, contrasts the beauty of the land and the horrors committed by its human inhabitants."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 283 words, 03/15/13
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "Shortland takes a riveting, intensely physical approach to the story.... It's a harrowing walk through the heart of darkness."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 03/15/13
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING(cg) "A fiercely poetic portrait of a young woman staggering beyond innocence and denial, it's about the wars that rage within after the wars outside are lost."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 550 words, 03/08/13
Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...somewhat twisted coming of age story directed by Cate Shortland is a thoughtful, at times frustrating, look at a young girl whose parents were Nazis."(See all of Leba Hertz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 03/01/13
Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Cate Shortland creates a visceral, immersive environment and draws a very impressive performance from newcomer Saskia Rosendahl."(See all of Marc Mohan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 378 words, 03/01/13
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD(cg) "...deserves comparisons with 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Hope and Glory,' and with a feisty female protagonist it stands virtually alone."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 323 words, 03/15/13
Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times: EXCELLENT(cg) "Shortland tells this story in sparse dramatic terms, without many dramatic crescendos or shocking revelations. It's an understated terror..."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 323 words, 05/09/13
Tom Long, Detroit News: VERY GOOD(cg) "Coming-of-age stories don't get much tougher... captures the external and internal chaos of a young woman watching her world shift in ways she never imagined..."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 297 words, 03/08/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (6 Reviews)
Scott Foundas, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...set amidst the winding trails of the Bavarian woods, circa 1945.... has a tendency to overstate its case... Cate Shortland draws fine work from her actors..."(See all of Scott Foundas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 207 words, 02/06/13
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD(cg) "...harsh and poetic survival tale recalls the dreamlike allegory of Nicholas Roeg's Outback-set 'Walkabout' (1971).... proceeds with shocking, haunting authenticity."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 307 words, 03/07/13
Scott Tobias, AV Club: VERY GOOD(cg) "...ventures delicately into dicey territory -- on the list of people the Nazis victimized, their descendents don't rank terribly high.... Rosendahl is a magnetic screen presence."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 396 words, 02/07/13
Nick McCarthy, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Copious amounts of landscape and wilderness shots cover up its schematic plot... In its attempts to avoid overstating the obvious, 'Lore' repeats the oblique."(See all of Nick McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 621 words, 02/06/13
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a film of eerie sadness and mystery, a coming-of-age that echoes with horrors both archetypal and all too freshly authentic, melding them into something unforgettable."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 326 words, 03/15/13
HIGHBROW PRESS (5 Reviews)
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: EXCELLENT "...a complex tale... the narrative structure is an odyssey of body and soul.... The pace is deliberate, verging on slow, but the content is constantly surprising."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 426 words, 02/08/13
Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...dark, mysterious... sustains an air of overarching mystery... the viewer, like the title character, is in the position of a sheltered child plunked into an alien environment..."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 651 words, 02/08/13
Ella Taylor, NPR: VERY GOOD "Shortland's camera creates a world that's shockingly fractured.... We see what Lore sees, and begin to comprehend as she does when no further denial is possible."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 670 words, 02/07/13
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...intense, emotional... a picture from life's other side... reaffirms Cate Shortland's status as a director whose strength is emotional, empathetic filmmaking."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 818 words, 02/08/13
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: OUTSTANDING "...strange and intimate... certainly reminiscent of Roman Polanski's 'The Pianist,' and the story it tells is just as chilling in a different direction."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,134 words, 02/07/13
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Richard Kuipers, Daily Variety: GOOD "...offers a fresh, intimate and mostly successful perspective on Germany's traumatic transition from conqueror nation to occupied state... determinedly understated..."(See all of Richard Kuipers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 470 words, 06/13/12
Megan Lehmann, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "...a lyrical, deeply affecting study into a rarely seen legacy of the Holocaust... superbly shot... should be a career-launcher for newcomer Saskia Rosendahl..."(See all of Megan Lehmann's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 476 words, 06/11/12
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...intense, emotional... a picture from life's other side... reaffirms Cate Shortland's status as a director whose strength is emotional, empathetic filmmaking."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 818 words, 02/08/13
Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...dark, mysterious... sustains an air of overarching mystery... the viewer, like the title character, is in the position of a sheltered child plunked into an alien environment..."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 651 words, 02/08/13
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: EXCELLENT "...a complex tale... the narrative structure is an odyssey of body and soul.... The pace is deliberate, verging on slow, but the content is constantly surprising."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 426 words, 02/08/13
11.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Lore (2012)'s reviews are separated by an average 11.7 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.
Lore (2012) (27 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Lore (2012)'s reviews cover 34.3% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 11,493 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 426 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 27.7 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Lore (2012)'s reviews on average broke 27.7 hours after 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 Lore (2012)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Lore (2012) (27 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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