One Life
critic Reviews
, 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Held aloft by outstanding work from a tremendous cast, One Life pays heartwarming tribute to a remarkable humanitarian effort.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreThelma AdamsAARP Movies for Grownups
Hanky, please, for the humanitarian the U.K. press dubbed the “British Schindler.”
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNell MinowRogerEbert.com
A less-than-extraordinary film that is nevertheless heartwarming.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJames BerardinelliReelViews
We don’t get many movies of this sort in today’s climate so, although One Life isn’t the best thing to come along thus far in 2024, its arrival is nevertheless welcome.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKatie WalshTribune News Service
“One Life” is a slow burn, slowly establishing Winton’s modest character as a younger and older man, but when it cracks open, it is a deeply moving portrait of true human goodness.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRex ReedObserver
As we continue to grapple with today’s issues of war, refugee crisis and growing antisemitism, the film’s relevance is so troubling that you cannot fail to be moved by it.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJocelyn NoveckAssociated Press
The emotional payoff takes a while to arrive, but once it does in the last act of this film, you’ll have a hard time forgetting Hopkins’ face.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael CalleriNiagara Gazette
"One Life” has superior production values and is rich with visual and historical detail. Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn are extraordinary, and they are supported by a terrific cast. You’d have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by what happens.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWhang Yee LingThe Straits Times (Singapore)
The unfussy film-making lets Hopkins do his thing. This is an actor who can summon crushing sorrow from just stillness and silence.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNick BoydBattle Royale With Cheese
The details of pre-WWII are vividly rendered and the flashbacks, flash-forwards are effectively done. A perhaps forgotten chapter in history is recreated with much power.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreErnesto DiezmartinezLetras Libres
Anthony Hopkins plays Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who saved hundreds of Jewish children from dying in concentration camps in 1939 and, despite this, does not see himself as someone particularly deserving. [Full review in Spanish]
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