In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out near curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto. Jakob uses the chance to spread hope throughout the ghetto by continuing to tell favorable tales of inf... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out near curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto. Jakob uses the chance to spread hope throughout the ghetto by continuing to tell favorable tales of information from "his secret radio." Jakob, however, has a real secret in that he is hiding a young Jewish girl who escaped from a camp transport train. A rather uplifting and slightly humorous film about World War II Jewish Ghetto life.
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| Chicago TribuneMark CaroI never lost awareness that I was watching actors speaking lines, not real people. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyA markedly better picture than Roberto Benigni's far more sentimental Oscar collector. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrDeserves a place alongside "Life Is Beautiful" and, yes, even "Schindler's List." |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonIf telling lies can save a people, he reasons, let the stories - and those fictional tanks - roll. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOf course, there's still the Williams schmaltz factor. |
| Baltimore SunAnn HornadayAs earnest as the performances are, something seems to be lost in the translation. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesJakob the Liar isn't nearly as intolerable as you might expect of a Holocaust fable starring Robin Williams. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterBut the best thing about Jakob the Liar is that it's not "Patch Adams at Auschwitz." |
| Film.comSean MeansThe audience is ready for an unhappy ending -- and Hollywood should have the courage to provide it. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisMore altruistic would be if Williams stopped torturing us with weepy endearments so he could look for that complex clown who used to mug just for laughs. |
