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One Life

2023

James Hawes

Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai ...

6.8

1,548

Drama A young British stockbroker, Nicholas "Nicky" Winton (Anthony Hopkins), helped rescue hundreds of children from the Nazis on the eve of World War II, with the help of his mother (Helena Bonham Carter). An act of compassion almost forgotten for 50 years, and from which Nicky lives haunted by the ghosts of the children he was unable to rescue, blaming himself for not having done more.

	Media	Author	Review
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Anthony Hopkins moves in stirring second world war drama (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alissa Simon Variety	"A stirring biopic covers two eras in the long life of humble British humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"It delivers a lot of what we’ve already seen before (...) Yet spending some time with Hopkins and exploring a speck of light in one of the world’s darkest chapters is just satisfying enough (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ed Potton The Times	"James Hawes directs with warmth and unfussiness, and is careful to show the wound-opening pain, as well as the pride, that the belated recognition of Winton's achievements gave him (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"This is an undeniably moving story, and Winson (...) a man worth honouring, but 'One Life' comes across as an orchestrated tearjerker"
		Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"“One Life” tells a story that needed to be told and tells it impeccably. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"[A] handsome and soberly stirring period piece (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Anthony Hopkins is in peak form in a stirring, if by-the-numbers, period piece"
		Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"That extraordinary story is now the subject of a less-than-extraordinary film that is nevertheless heartwarming (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Stirring tale of the 'British Schindler' predictably told (...) is lifted by a stellar cast (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Isabella Soares Collider	"This biopic does justice to the late Sir Nicholas Winton's humble mission"
		Kelechi Ehenulo Empire	"The over-familiar story-beats and safe execution stop this from reaching its full potential —but Hopkins and Flynn shine, providing a moving portrayal of Winton's life (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Anthony Hopkins does no wrong here, of course, but he's only in roughly half the film, and the rest is about as standardly made as a Wikipedia entry"
		Hamish Macbain London Evening Standard	"It is, unquestionably, Hopkins's film (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Barry Levitt The Daily Beast	"The stunning performance [from Hopkins] will make you sob (...) It's extremely frustrating to see such a remarkable tale of adversity be reduced to an overly predictable story"
		Noah Berlatsky Chicago Reader	"[It] is a perfectly respectable entree in the feel-good Holocaust genre. The existence of this genre, though, feels more and more obscene"
		Ian Freer Time Out	"Anthony Hopkins' performance delivers a subtle but profound gut-punch (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"We only wish the rest of 'One Life' could live up to that singular moment and Hopkins’ noble contributions"
		Siddhant Adlakha Mashable	"Anthony Hopkins gives another emotionally wrecking performance"
		Sophie Monks Kaufman IndieWire	"Anthony Hopkins is devastating in British prestige biopic with silly script"

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