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L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) a score of 2.1955 out of 4
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L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
As surprising as it is to learn that a Jewish homeland was established on the far eastern reaches of the Soviet Union in 1928, 20 years before the founding of the Israel, it's even more amazing that this Zion was created by none other than Joseph Stalin. ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Yale Strom (" The Last Klezmer ") is a violinist-turned-filmmaker. He presents an informative, no-nonsense, historical documentary based on his accidental 7-day train trip via the Trans-Siberian Railroad in March of 2000 to Birobidzhan, the fabled ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Although there have been a high number of films that address the ethical and moral questions of the Holocaust and its aftermath, hardly any films have broached the matter of European Jewry before 1933 and no one approaches the problem of Soviet ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
Replete with surprises, twists and thought-provoking anecdotes. ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Energetic and informative, albeit more than a little haphazard. ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
The smarter film would have really put its beliefs through the wringer; Strom's movie contents itself with the surface and as such remains a wan, Xeroxed filmic hand-out of a potentially interesting historical sub-chapter. ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Donald J. Levit)Film Threat (Donald J. Levit)
Like the Jewish Autonomous Region itself, it is stillborn and empty. ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at Film Threat (Donald J. Levit)
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Dave Kehr)New York Times (Dave Kehr)
A fertile concept vanishes behind confused, overwrought style. ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at New York Times (Dave Kehr)
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)
Like the swamps on which the Siberian town Birobidzhan was built, Yale Strom's latest documentary L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin! is mired in mediocrity. ...read the complete L'Chayim movie review at Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)

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L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.1955
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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