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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
Robin Williams, in his moist, empathetic mode, stars in a bittersweet fable about a lovable eccentric who brings hope to fellow Jews during the Nazi reign of murder. The film establishes an effectively cramped, grim, yet barren setting, and Williams manages to contain his most indulgent mugging. Still, Jakob the Liar has a lot to answer for, coming a year after Life Is Beautiful so triumphantly made the Holocaust palatable to the squeamish. B-
Posted Oct 01, 1999
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