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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Riveting.
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90
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
A riveting encounter with the woman who was Hitler's secretary...In a daring and successful stylistic choice, directors Heller and Schmiderer include almost nothing in the film but Junge.
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90
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Isn't much of a movie, but it's a whale of a story.
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90
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
Makes for fascinating cinema.
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88
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Boston Globe Ty Burr
The filmmakers are smart to cut between their primary interview and later footage of Junge watching that interview and offering further commentary -- living footnotes, as it were.
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83
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Her memories lack the quality of revelation -- that is, up until the remarkable final section, in which she describes the last weeks in the bunker with Hitler and Eva Braun.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Just one talking head, that's all. But the head in this mesmerizing documentary belongs to Traudl Junge.
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75
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Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Riveting and heartstoppingly fine documentary.
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63
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USA Today Mike Clark
Amazingly, the film grows monotonous because Heller and Schmiderer can do nothing, via archival footage or even novel camera placements, to vary the program.
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60
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The New York Times A.O. Scott
The access the filmmakers gained to Junge is remarkable, and it compensates for a lack of cinematic flair; it's concrete, cold and hard, with Junge speaking about being a few feet away from arguably the worst tyrant of the 20th century.
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