Avis Metacritic

Shoah's ultimate legacy, however, is being the final word on the Final Solution-one that renders every well-intentioned dramatic re-creation of such horrors into repulsive Ausch-kitsch by comparison.

It has come to serve as a solemn metaphor for remembrance, as well as for butt-numbing endurance.

Despite its length, it is one of the most consistently engrossing and powerful movies ever made.

Why revisit Shoah 25 years after it was first released? Because it matters more a quarter century on, just as it will matter even more in a hundred years, and 200, and - if it and we survive - a thousand.