Rewind

critic Reviews

, 100% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Rewind pulls at the roots of a family's horrific trauma with a deeply personal documentary that's hard to watch, but worth the effort.
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    Scott MarksSan Diego Reader
    Unquestionably difficult to watch - wait until you learn details of Uncle Harold's "punishment" - Neulinger's heroic act of bravery will hopefully encourage and inspire others to come forward.
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    Peter KeoughBoston Globe
    Throughout it all Neulinger remains undaunted and relentless but also artful, as he shows how cinema can both conceal and reveal, how it can evade the truth, or confront it, and by so doing transcend it.
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    Nick SchagerThe Daily Beast
    Conveys an unforgettable sense of all that's stolen when children are abused-as well as the heroic bravery, compassion and togetherness required to combat such cruelty.
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    Peter RainerFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    It's quite shocking and revelatory... It's really a powerful movie that accelerates in its power as it goes along.
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    Christy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    It's not a thriller, but it is a horror movie... Beyond being a study in the horrors of a cycle of abuse, it's also a look at the discrepancies and disparities that occur in our justice system.
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    Claudia PuigFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    A really courageous feat.
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    Cody DericksNext Best Picture
    “Rewind” is explicitly personal and uncompromisingly truthful...It makes effective use of the genre in a way that couldn’t be achieved in any other form.
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    Phil GuieFilm-Forward.com
    Neulinger revisits arguably the most horrific years of his life with a surprising amount of empathy for his parents, especially Henry.
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    Matt PaisMattPais.com
    An unshakeable portrait of sexual abuse's impact on a family, history as the source of explanations, and personality being at the mercy of experience and trauma.
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    Piers MarchantArkansas Democrat-Gazette
    The old footage of Sasha clearly cracking under the strain of his family's betrayal contrasts poignantly with the strong, centered man he has become.
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