Antisemitism in the US and Europe is spreading and is seemingly unstoppable. Andrew Goldberg examines its rise, traveling through four countries to follow antisemites and their victims, along with experts, politicians and locals.... (Full plot summary below)
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Antisemitism in the US and Europe is spreading and is seemingly unstoppable. Andrew Goldberg examines its rise, traveling through four countries to follow antisemites and their victims, along with experts, politicians and locals.
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| Movie NationRoger Moore“Viral” is a sobering reminder that hatred of “the other” didn’t disappear after Pogroms and The Holocaust, and that it isn’t limited to jihadists and skinheads. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe documentary is eye-opening and very much worth seeing, even though it can’t help but be disheartening. |
| Film ThreatAndrew StoverA brutally candid and well-intentioned documentary that exposes the modern faces of those embroiled in antisemitism. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThough “Virus” could have lived without the presence of director Goldberg as an on-camera through-line, it is at its best in presenting strong and vivid examples of anti-Semitic rhetoric and actions. |
| TheWrapTodd GilchristUltimately, “Viral” feels like the sequel or second season in a series where a first (or at the very least, a recap) would have been helpful. As a topic of tremendous ongoing importance with roots that desperately need exploration, anti-Semitism deserves, and needs, a look into its global impact and perpetuation that makes a deeper dive than this documentary provides. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmThere’s no question that Islamophobia is also on the rise around the globe, and this film — however inadvertently and well-intentioned — plays directly into it. |
| The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe trouble with this skimmed approach is that by sidelining historical analysis, the film denies its audience the best defense against distortion, a rational necessity when interpreting a conversation that often seems to happen in code. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough touching on a multitude of aspects of its disturbing subject matter, it never really digs particularly deep into any of them, with the result that it ultimately proves unsatisfying |
| User Reviewaguila9Winded, compulsory... what's the word? Opposite of urgent, opposite of relevant. Of today's issues, where Black men get lynched live on video; immigrant children are forced into cages; baby's are taken from parents; governments methodically kill their citizens in exchange keeping their economies open... I tried, truly tried. I understand the producers having massive clout and can get former presidents at the snap of their fingers for this type of documentary... but not enough to get me to watch it through. |
