This is not a drama but a documentary slice of life from the latter years of ordinary people who are celebrating together their survival of one the worst tragedies in history.What kind of photography did you expect - avant-garde, intended for the Cannes Film Festival? Gimme a break!The testimonials are incidental to the intent of the film. They are part of it but not the main reason for it.What kind of scholarly thought are you referring to? This shows a total lack of understanding of the movie. It was NOT made as a contribution to the already sizable archive of survivors' testimonials. It wanted to present a an event in the lives of these people that had been re-enacted for a few decades. Why does a documentary filmmaker choose any individual or group of people? Because he/she believes they will make for an interesting story that hasn't been told before or wants to make it in his/her own way. Who should he have chosen in your view? There are hardly any survivors left.The movie wasn't intended to be a revelation of any kind. Everything you said is mean-spirited and makes one wonder whether you had ulterior motives in panning it.No, this documentary is not a tour de force work of art, but it is not anything that you're claiming it is either. Seems to me you're a frustrated amateur film critic that doesn't even have a good command of English. I truly doubt that you have any Holocaust survivor relatives.

Anyone who sees this movie, MUST see "A Film Unfinished." Without a doubt for those that cannot comprehend what these people went through, this film will explain it all. My in-laws were victims of the Holocaust and my Mother in-law who came from Warsaw but was kidnapped by Russians never actually knew what happened to her family. Watch and process "A Film Unfinished" and you will be educated as to what happened to those who were in the Warsaw Ghetto. Some were gassed, some were apart of the Sondokomnados. This group of survivors went through hell and this excellent film displays a spirit you won't see in many places.I was taken with the camaraderie and sincere caring for one another. The fact they were able to connect and make a family amongst a group who had lost all members of their respective families and laugh and smile and have fun is part of the fun of this incredible group of people

This was a little different than movies about the holocaust. It is about survivors enjoying the later years of their life at a summer bungalow colony in the upstate New York Catskill Mountains. It is a documentary that follows the lives as the members of this bungalow return for another summer season in the mountains. You will laugh and you will cry but you will see a group of survivors telling pieces of their own story of what it was like growing up and what it is like now coming up summer after summer to their special getaway. The movie was well shot and will keep you glued to the screen. This is reality programming in the true sense of the word. At the same time you will get a feel for what it was like for so many of us that spent our summers in the Catskill Mountains bungalow community. You will see the socks man and much more. It does not take long for you to get a feel for exactly why these survivors were able to have such a good time with their own people. It also shows that they have never forgotten and make the viewer remember that we must never ever forget.

Unfortunately a promising topic was turned into a sentimental and overwrought drama. Mundane and predictable photography. There is little originality in this documentary as anyone familiar with Holocaust testimonies, and of course the people, has heard these stories with more insight. A superficial and kitschy film which does not add to scholarly thought. One also wonders why the crew chose this particular group; it's never made clear. It looks as if the people have been arranged for shots; definitely a high-budget production with aerials. Doesn't seem to suit the setting. The camera seems obvious, intruding into the lives of these people. Of course this would be unavoidable with a large crew. One wonders how the survivors felt, and that's another problem with the movie. The characters have little depth; they seem to spout expected lines and the whole effect is of a scripted film in which the director has just discovered the Holocaust and thinks he's the first. I watched this with some survivor relatives and they could not relate at all. They knew the clichés and shook their heads hearing them once again, this time portrayed as revelation.