Divided into 59 chapters but feeling more like 590, Gröning's drama is long, staccato and offers little by way of dramatic satisfaction.
David Parkinson, Empire Online, 18/08/2014
Andrew Lowry, Total Film, 18/08/2014
Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 22/08/2014
Leslie Felperin, The Guardian, 21/08/2014
Xan Brooks, The Observer, 24/08/2014
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