83
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
positive
16(94%)
mixed
1(6%)
negative
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Showing 17 Critic Reviews
100
Fighter shapes up as one of the great documentaries of this year, or any other.
90
Far from the solemn earnestness of most Holocaust documentaries, Fighter addresses the war and its oft-toxic reverberations with refreshing impudence and candor.
90
Probably more terse than it needs to be, but the dramatic line has an elegance and drive that reinforces the unexpected turns of the story.
90
In juxtaposing two extraordinary personal histories, it ponders in a refreshingly original way unanswerable questions about memory, imagination, history and that elusive thing we call truth.
90
A humane and precociously wise documentary by the young Los Angeles director Amir Bar-Lev.
90
It's moving; but it's also endlessly engaging, uproariously funny at moments, informative, and eventually touching in ways one might not have expected.
88
Bar-Lev has created a film remarkable in its ability to capture both the worst and best of human nature.
88
Powerful, provocative and often surprisingly funny, this may be the year's outstanding documentary.
88
The film speaks to fundamental issues of history, truth, and the philosophical conflicts of humankind.
80
Director Amir Bar-Lev finds a way to mix the personal, the philosophical and the historical into a complex human document, something that's funny, moving and sad.
