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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyAlissa SimonVarietyAlissa SimonIn his sophomore feature, the France-born, Budapest-based helmer (perhaps best known for his prize-winning 2018 short “Chuchotage”) sensitively establishes and sustains an affecting but understated dramatic tone, aided by his superb leads.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyNearly every scene offers a general backdrop of tragic sadness leavened by the quotidian necessity of fulfilling basic requirements, doing a job, tending to the moment-to-moment needs of others and finding hope wherever one can.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternIt’s a coming-of-age story about the coming of unlikely, unbidden hope.
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleBarnabás Tóth’s richly acted film exudes a faith in human connection as relevant today as such relationships needed to be in the years after World War II for survivors of unimaginable trauma.
- 60The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThose Who Remained leaves much unsaid about their pasts, sometimes at the risk of seeming coy (the word “Jewish” is never spoken). But Hajduk and Szoke are strong performers.