I thought this film would be better than it turned out to be. Not that it was bad. It is worth a look if your fliping channels and click on Cinemax. Just don't go running to rent this. It is a remake of the 1975 film (from a novel by Jurek Becker) about a Jewish person in a ghetto who finds some information about the war, and soon, it spreads and it gets exaggerated that he has a radio. This person is Jakob Heym (played with a certain degree of credibility by Robin Williams) who used to be a deli owner, but now is all alone, and finds a lost Jewish girl in the process. A little annoying (considering the 1998 masterpiece La Vita E Bella or Life is Beautiful) in parts, but overall, it pulls through as a dark dramdey about ghetto life and the hopes that sparkel with lies. Not williams best work though, despite a valiant effort. B
Review of Jakob the Liar
