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- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 43% of 28 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 38 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.
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Feb 7, 2020 · The film is based on a popular YA book by Michael Morpurgo, author of The War Horse, and it is inspired by French villagers who rescued Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them over the mountains into Spain.
Feb 7, 2020 · Kid-focused Nazi resistance drama has violence, peril. Read Common Sense Media's Waiting for Anya review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Ben Cookson
- Tara Mcnamara
- Anjelica Huston, Noah Schnapp, Jean Reno
Feb 7, 2020 · Waiting for Anya: Directed by Ben Cookson. With Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Tómas Lemarquis. During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
- (1.9K)
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Ben Cookson
- 2020-02-07
Feb 7, 2020 · Movie review of Waiting for Anya (2020) by The Critical Movie Critics | A shepherd and a widow smuggle Jewish children from France into Spain during WWII.
- Anjelica Huston
- Ben Cookson
Feb 6, 2020 · “Waiting for Anya” is not so sentimental that it imagines every character can escape death. But it has little use for complexity.
- Ben Cookson
Waiting for Anya is a 2020 historical war drama film co-written and directed by Ben Cookson. It is a film adaptation of the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo. [4] [5] [6] The film stars Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Jean Reno, and Anjelica Huston.
Feb 3, 2020 · Waiting for Anya is adapted from the novel by the same name, written by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. The film follows a young shepherd boy named Jo, played by Noah Schnapp ( Stranger Things ), who helps a reclusive village widow smuggle Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied France into the safety of Spain.
