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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 20TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe cast isn't bad but the movie is, and Amir's use of Holocaust imagery is cheap and unnecessary; Jo and Alexander could just as easily have died on the Titanic. At one point the dialogue is completely drowned out by the roar of the surf, and that is no doubt a blessing.
- 20Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAwkwardly staged and edited and fitted out with an overly intrusive score drawn primarily from classical music, the film consistently subverts the earnest efforts of its cast.
- 12New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannAmateurish, irritatingly gabby indie.
- 10VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyProvides scant entertainment value, intentional or otherwise.
- 0The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe Singing Forest was written and directed by Jorge Ameer, whose film "Strippers" opened three years ago and remained the single worst movie I had ever reviewed -- until now.
- 0San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleBare-bones vanity project.
- 0L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonBad movies can be a hoot, but rather than campy, Ameer appears to be dead serious; and it's hard to feel anything but fury toward a filmmaker whose opening title sequence intersperses black-and-white flashbacks of his sexy young lovers with actual concentration-camp photos of stacked, emaciated corpses.