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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe New York TimesDaniel M. GoldIn this time of mass displacement across the globe, it is a stark reminder of how traumatic the refugee experience often is.
- 80Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenAida’s Secrets movingly embodies the traumas that, at war’s end and long after, are inseparable from liberation.
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAida's Secrets starts out as a fairly straightforward documentary about reuniting two long-separated brothers, but directors Alon and Shaul Schwarz don't stop there.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAida's Secrets unravels its complex scenario in compelling, page-turner mystery fashion, proving yet again that truth can be much stranger than fiction.
- The debut doc is an ambitious attempt to get to the root of a tangled family tree, but the directors' close relationship to Izak (he's their uncle) means they sometimes pay so much attention to the genealogical minutiae that a viewer checks in and out to clear her head.