Jakob the Liar | | Cast : | Robin Williams | | Director : | Peter Kassovitz | | Studio : | Columbia Tri-Star | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 24, 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | June 01, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | April 06, 2005 | | Summary | OMG | Content
 | I got done watching this movie and said this is the best movie I have ever seen although it is not. I started to cry at different parts in the movie, and I was very pleased with the look of Hannah Taylor Gordons character the little girl. She embodies everything that a little holocaust jew should look like to me. I could have been give more feeling from the characters, but they way they acted seems true. They are down trodden, and have nothing left so thats how they acted. Mishas girlfriend was awsome. I felt the love and sweetness of her. I want to buy it. 9.99 is a sick price. anyway I think robin williams was great. After reading the other reviews I kind of feel that more emotions should have been put somehow but it was still good. sometimes the simpler films are the better ones. Look at triple x and the mummy returns. Eww i call them garbage, but they had a lot of special affects. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 19, 2004 | | Summary | A Great Movie | Content
| first off, Joseph from Montreal QC has no idea what he's talking about his review was completely false. The Nazi's, as history presesnts, were wicked, ruthless and uncaring people. their goal was to eliminate all the Jews in Europe not make friends with them. Joseph from Montreal QC doesn't have the correct information. He sounds like a Nazi sympathizer to me.
Anyway this movie is wonderful. watch it you will enjoy every moment in it |
| Rating | | | Date | November 29, 2003 | | Summary | ONE OF THE BETTER MOVIES TO INTRODUCE KIDS TO HOLOCAUST | Content
| I have not read the book but I greatly enjoyed the movie. Good narrative, excellent cinematography, and some stunning background music. While the film may be held guilty for some cardboard characters (e.g., all Germans are mean looking men), Robin Williams was surely under-appreciated in his very concvincing cameo as Jakob, a pancake vendor, who pretends to have a radio and distribute good news to other Jews in the ghetto -- and I don't mean just the accent. The guy is brilliant. The theme is a cross between "Goodmorning Vietnam" meets "Life is beautiful" -- classic cultural interpretations of the forced lifestyle of the characters promote the effect of a rumour that a working radio exists in the barbed-wire ghetto, allowing a lowly pancake-vendor to raise to heroic proportions amidst his small group of associates and lie in the face of hope-dashing truth. At its heart, the story is about the irrefutable spirit of human life despite seemingly unsurmountable odds as Jakob deals with the consequences of either perpetuating his lie or coming out with the whole truth, weighing hope against despair. Swept up in his own joking accident and a few well-timed coincidences, endorsed by the ghetto residents, the ghetto organizes to resist their Nazi oppressors. As the fall of the Third Reich becomes more and more likely, the tangle of truth and falsity tightens around Jakob and each lie becomes more and more needed. An interesting angle to look at the Holocaust, it serves as one of the better movies to introduce younger audiences to that odious period of human history. Oh, and did I mention that the background score is marvellous? |
| Rating | | | Date | August 01, 2003 | | Summary | Great Robin Williams Performance | Content
| Robin Williams was perfectly cast as Jakob Heim. The critics hated this movie, but I enjoyed it alot. This is one of my favorite Robin Williams films, next to Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society. This is a great Holocaust movie and you should buy it or at least rent it! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 04, 2003 | | Summary | Great Movie! | Content
| This movie should be placed among the timeless World War Two classics such as Schindler's List and Life Is Beautiful. It is truly one of Williams best performances since Goodwill Hunting. It acurately portrays the life of people during the Jewish Holocaust. Iwas touched deeply by this movie and moved by the great performance of Williams and the rest of the cast. Peter Kassovitz establishes himself as a great director with this movie. The book was great and the movie was even better! |
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