Paper Clips

Paper Clips (2004)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (53 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (2,651 ratings)

Directed by Joe Fab and Elliot Berlin, this documentary chronicles a rural Tennessee middle school's unique class project: finding a meaningful way to honor Holocaust victims. Brought up in a heavily fundamentalist Christian environment, most of the students had never seen, let alone spoken… More

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Written By
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Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Nov 24, 2004 Limited
On DVD
Mar 7, 2006
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    You have to be a pretty cynical not to be a little moved.

  • Mary Brennan, Seattle Times

    It's a remarkable story, and well worth seeing, particularly for its handful of genuinely affecting moments.

  • Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

    What makes Paper Clips so powerful and moving is the way everyone in the film seems affected by the Whitwell project. The students change. The teachers change. The townspeople change.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Not a sophisticated or very challenging film, nor should it be. It is straightforward, heartfelt and genuine.

  • Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune

    Symbolism is hard to swallow, and it's near impossible to relate to these paper clips as souls, especially when they are talked about in terms of collecting and counting and displaying.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • erika b


    Paper clips are a documentary about a schools project to represent all the people who died in the Holocaust. The kids at this school only know people from one race white and they were all christens. They have never seen other races or never met a Jew before. They got an authentic… More

  • Leigh R


    Very interesting, although it sounds like it wouldn't be. I thought it was brilliant what they did. I wear a paper clip every day on my shirt in support of the project. KUDOS!

  • Lesley N


    Simple story, too saccharine for my taste

  • Andrew F


    <i>Paper Clips</i> is an ordinary documentary chronicling the extraordinary efforts of a small Southern town in Tennessee. Though stylistically it is not impressive, the story is moving enough to keep the viewer's attention.

  • Sarah P


    An awesome and very moving documentary...a must see for everyone.

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