THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN)Movie Reviews
Story: German-Russian language documentary about the life of Svetlana Geier, who won acclaim for her translations of Dostoyevsky's five major novels from Russian to German. Cast:Svetlana GeierDirector:Vadim JendreykoOpened:July 20, 2011On DVD:February 21, 2012From:Cinema GuildLength:1 hr. 33 min.
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten), Good (Not Great) Reviews (Doc) NYC
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten) played in New York City to good not great reviews. • Jesse Cataldo wrote for Slant, "...a specific appreciation of a job done well, rather than a rosy-eyed celebration.... a meditation on enforcing order in a world that refuses to accept it." • And Michelle Orange wrote in the Village Voice, "[Director Vadim] Jendreyko gives his portrait the rough, ruminant structure of a journey, mixing [Svetlana] Geier’s memories with the present." More Reviews Below...
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten) Positive Reviews (7 Reviews, reviews below)
Mike Hale, New York Times: GOOD "...quietly brings into focus parallels between Ms. Geier's life and her life's work.... It's an interesting story, well told, though the film might have been more interesting with less of Ms. Geier's sweep-of-the-20th-century life story and more of her work."(Read the full review...) 423 words, 07/19/11
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: POOR(cg) "...ill served by a trudging approach and dry-as-dust, procedural style."(Read the full review...) 147 words, 07/22/11
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "...most effective when [Svetlana] Geier, accompanied by a granddaughter, goes to Ukraine to speak at a school. It's the first time she set foot there in 65 years, and it elicits tears from her as she recalls her early years."(Read the full review...) 285 words, 07/19/11
Michelle Orange, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "[Director Vadim] Jendreyko gives his portrait the rough, ruminant structure of a journey, mixing [Svetlana] Geier's memories with the present."(Read the full review...) 226 words, 07/20/11
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten) has not been reviewed in Key Cities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (3 Reviews)
Michelle Orange, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "[Director Vadim] Jendreyko gives his portrait the rough, ruminant structure of a journey, mixing [Svetlana] Geier's memories with the present."(Read the full review...) 226 words, 07/20/11
Noel Murray, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "...full of insights into the philosophy of translation, and how it's important to consider the entire text, not just its trickier components.... preserves [Geier's] intellectual rigor and curiosity, while also catching her in the middle of some drama."(Read the full review...) 440 words, 07/21/11
Jesse Cataldo, Slant: VERY GOOD(cg) "...eventually reveals itself as a specific appreciation of a job done well, rather than a rosy-eyed celebration.... becomes a meditation on enforcing order in a world that refuses to accept it."(Read the full review...) 444 words, 07/18/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Mike Hale, New York Times: GOOD "...quietly brings into focus parallels between Ms. Geier's life and her life's work.... It's an interesting story, well told, though the film might have been more interesting with less of Ms. Geier's sweep-of-the-20th-century life story and more of her work."(Read the full review...) 423 words, 07/19/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)
Jay Weissberg, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "...can't fail to grip intelligent viewers.... Svetlana Geier is the woman behind celebrated Russian-to-German translations of Dostoyevsky's novels... she's also someone still coming to terms with a past haunted by Stalinist persecution and a complicated proximity to Ukraine's Nazi occupiers."(Read the full review...) 537 words, 08/26/09
Mike Hale, New York Times: GOOD "...quietly brings into focus parallels between Ms. Geier's life and her life's work.... It's an interesting story, well told, though the film might have been more interesting with less of Ms. Geier's sweep-of-the-20th-century life story and more of her work."(Read the full review...) 423 words, 07/19/11
21.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)'s reviews are separated by an average 21.0 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.
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten) (7 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)'s reviews cover 8.9% of potential readers (average is 68.2%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,502 words involume (average is 19,979 words). Length:The film's reviews average 357 words in length (the norm is 512 words).
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten) Coverage, Volume & Length (7 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 34 Days Before Release (Norm is 0.2 Release)
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)'s reviews on average broke 34 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 0.2 hours after. 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 The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten) (7 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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