Storyline
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
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Cast
John Sessions, Daniel Cerqueira, Andrew Scott, Tom Wilkinson, Rachel Weisz, Amanda Lawrence, Timothy Spall, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Harriet Walter, Alex Jennings, Mark Gatiss, Pip Carter, Todd Boyce, Andrea Deck, Sean Power, Jeremy Paxman, Abigail Cruttenden, Jack Lowden, Paul Hunter, Caren Pistorius, Elliot Levey, Amber Batty, Hilton McRae, Nicholas Tennant, Jackie Clune, Will Attenborough, Maximilian Befort, Laurel Lefkow, Helen Bradbury, Jacob Krichefski, Lachele Carl, Edward Franklin, Sally Messham, Tom Clarke Hill, Ziggy Heath, Sara Powell
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Reviews
100
Another illuminating performance by Rachel Weisz and a brilliant screenplay by the distinguished British playwright David Hare make Denial one of the most powerful and riveting courtroom dramas ever made.
80
Rachel Weisz’s arresting, combative Lipstadt, a shining woman warrior, is a role she will be remembered for, while as her antagonist Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner) makes a spookily stubborn, thoroughly despicable, but still human Irving.
75
A simple courtroom drama that never betrays its convictions, the film is a basic but bitterly urgent reminder that history is far more fluid than fact, a garden that must be tended to at all times lest it wither and grow weeds.
75
The Film Stage
While Denial doesn’t do anything new on a technical side, it is fully aware of its gripping plot, one that welcomely avoids pushing its inherent clichés to the forefront of its story.
75
Slant Magazine
Denial shows that people’s misfortunes need not preclude them from living virtuous lives founded on basic human decency.
