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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie is woven with care and complexity, again confirming von Trotta's place as one of the world's greatest female filmmakers.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterAt heart a love story, Rosenstrasse benefits from strong, sympathetic performances from two actresses who play the same character at different ages.
- 70VarietyDavid StrattonVarietyDavid StrattonA sober, unsensationalized enactment of a Holocaust incident. Von Trotta keeps sentimentality at bay and, as a result, the film isn't as emotionally wrenching as it might have been.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMost important is the film's consistent unexpectedness. Rosenstrasse captures well not only the varying states of mind and levels of awareness in Germany during World War II but also the era's lingering effect upon its survivors.
- 70Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanA modest yet moving fact-based drama.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasVon Trotta lingers for so long on the backstory and framing story that the movie's heart never comes to the fore.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMawkish and manipulative, the film isn't worthy of its widely praised German director.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonVon Trotta and co-writer Pamela Katz can't resist cutting, again and again, to Hannah and her airless musings on the story's meaning. These interludes stop the movie in its tracks and, counter no doubt to von Trotta's intentions, do a disservice to the Rosenstrasse women themselves, who shouldn't have to fight for screen time.
- 30The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThere's something unsettling when fiction exploits this history to such puny, self-interested ends.