Max
Reception

Max (2002)

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External reception

6.4
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 8,144 votes
7.4/10 257 votes Synced 2026-07-27
6.4/10 7,766 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 6.8/10 4 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 5.6/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 6.4/10 Synced 2026-07-18
Critics 6.9/10 Synced 2026-07-18
6.2/10 117 votes Synced 2026-09-12

External reviews

Shawn Levy · Portland Oregonian 83.00/100.00

In many ways, a smashing success. It's built not only on a casually clever script but on two expertly balanced performances.

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Michael O'Sullivan · Washington Post 80.00/100.00

Fascinating story.

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Roger Ebert · Chicago Sun-Times 88.00/100.00

A peculiar and intriguing film.

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Lawrence Toppman · Charlotte Observer 88.00/100.00

Menno Meyjes' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil.

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Clint Morris · Film Threat 80.00/100.00

Immerse yourself in two fantastic performers, a polished narrative (by Menno Meyjes) and a “could have happened” scenario. It plays all too real if you ask me.

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Michael Sragow · Baltimore Sun 75.00/100.00

The result is suitably upsetting and intriguing, despite a simultaneously tacky and too-neat climax.

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Mick LaSalle · San Francisco Chronicle 75.00/100.00

An intelligent film with a sophisticated understanding of art and the significance it played in Hitler's psychology.

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Michael Wilmington · Chicago Tribune 75.00/100.00

A flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds.

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James Berardinelli · ReelViews 75.00/100.00

Scholars, psychologists, and theologians can debate the point at length, but there's no doubt that Meyjes' approach is as provocative as it is controversial.

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