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Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune: Sheds light on particular wartime atrocities largely neglected in the collective memory. Read more
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Nanking doesn't tell us why decency and compassion completely break down from time to time. It just tells us something terribly modern and all too familiar. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Nanking does justice to this tragedy even though it makes the mistake of mixing the testimony of actual participants with staged readings from actors subbing for real people. Read more
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: The lesson here is not simply to vilify the Japanese soldiers of that era, but to make sure that we never forget who we are and what our country stands for today. Read more
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: Anyone who sees Nanking should know going in what a brutal story it is, but no one should miss it because of a restrictive rating. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: Nanking submits yet another reminder, if any more were needed, of how wickedness in the 20th century achieved dimensions previously considered unimaginable -- or unbearable. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: A somberly effective look at one of the most shameful events in human history. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: [A] powerful documentary. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Nanking both calls attention to a horrifying set of war crimes that remains little known in the West and crafts an impossible-but-true hymn to the power of the individual conscience. Read more
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: The filmmakers employ a powerful technique of interspersing newsreel footage with wrenching on-camera interviews of survivors and sequences of actors reciting from the letters and memoirs of the Westerners on the scene. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Nanking is grim but ultimately uplifting, a reminder that even in dangerous times, brave individuals can hold the line against barbarism. Read more
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: I have rarely, if ever, seen a documentary reconstruction of a historical event that is so rich in firsthand (and well-preserved) photographic material. Read more
Justin Chang, Variety: The personalities it brings to light -- many of whom were forced to remain silent about what they'd seen after returning to their homelands -- are worthy of widespread exposure. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: Read more