The Devil's Arithmetic |  | Director: Donna Deitch
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Category: DVD
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 2629
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: SHOD3058D
UPC: 758445305821
EAN: 0758445305821
ASIN: B0002CX1NY
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1999
Release Date: September 21, 2004
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Executive producers Dustin Hoffman and Mimi Rogers present the truth of the Holocaust so a new generation can understand why it must never be forgotten. Kirsten Dunst plays Hannah, a modern teen more concerned with trends than history. During the traditional Passover dinner, she zones out as her relatives harp about concentration camps. But then Hannah passes through a portal to the past, where she becomes her own ancestor in Poland during the Nazi persecution of the Jews.Director Donna Deitch provides an infinite library of Holocaust detail, re-creating the period with minute dedication. Haunting images, every costume, every hair, every light and shadow conspire to maintain a sense of desolate desperation. Suspense pervades as escapes fail and mothers with newborns are taken away. Only the magical context of the story, taken from the original children's novel by Jane Yolen, allows for a life-affirming ending. The performances may not be multifaceted but, considering the single-mindedness of the tale, the deep commitment of the actors makes every moment real and meaningful. Dunst seems able to carry a movie herself, and Brittany Murphy is mesmerizing as Hannah's sweet cousin Rivkah. The message is powerfully direct, but the film avoids extreme violence in deference to young audiences. The theme is enshrined in the Rivkah's words: "We must stay alive to tell everyone what we've been through." Indeed, when Hannah returns to the present, she is a new woman, with a profound love of her culture and a religious respect for the value of all human life. --Lloyd Chesley
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 Loved It! December 28, 2009
Charlene Jackson
This movie was GREAT! I mean the way it start and how it went right into the Holocaust, it was simply beautiful, the movie was touching and griping it was sad but the acting was wonderful, and Ms. Kirsten Dunst, was at her best. Loved It! that is all I have to say.
another perspective November 25, 2009
elena rose
As an adult survivor of child abuse raising an extremely spoiled and very loved teenager, who at this point in her life is only interested in tatooes, I found this movie very helpful in dealing with the "why" of why the unabused generations, not only of the holocaust but abuse of any kind, do not understand the "victims". Now when my daughter so carelessly and innocently hurts my feelings by not understanding where I come from, I remember this movie and thank God that her life, like Hannah's young life, is so untainted and whole and good and free of abuse of any kind that she actually has the time to think of "normal" teenage things instead of horror. I will never wish my daughter understood me better again. The only way she ever could understand me is to be as horrifically abused as I was. Hannah had to go back and visit the past so she would understand her ancestors. I do not want my daughter to go back, I only want her to move forward.
I would recommend this movie to anyone who is having a generational problem with adults who have been through some kind of trauma and the children in their lives who do not understand their emotional scars. Then I would have a discussion period afterwards, comparing the aftereffects of the holocaust with the emotional scarring of adult survivors of child abuse. We have all been through our own holocausts.
 Anonymous November 15, 2009
I M Anonymous
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sorry, unable to reiew this movie as it was bought as a gift and remailed to recipient when I received it.
The Devil's Arithmetic August 7, 2009
Jennifer S. Shields (Zanesville, OH USA)
This is a good movie. It sticks to the book pretty well. The delivery was prompt and the dvd was in great condition when it arrived.
the devil's arithmatic June 7, 2009
K. D. Lay (Missouri, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very pleased with my purchase. Delivery was right on time. The dvd was brand new and packaged very well. A+
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