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.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreScott 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNick 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristy 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClaudia PuigFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
A really courageous feat.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCody 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePhil GuieFilm-Forward.com
Neulinger revisits arguably the most horrific years of his life with a surprising amount of empathy for his parents, especially Henry.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMatt 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePiers 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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