The film captures the lively spirit of Anne, writing down her feelings without a hint of self-pity and always striving to look for the best in a world turned upside down.

Full Review | Feb 1, 2024

The movie is done with taste and skill and no little cinematic distinction.

Full Review | Nov 28, 2023

The Diary of Anne Frank is a film that paints an intimate picture of life during the Holocaust.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 12, 2020

The film, for all its power and humanity, is too long and moves too slowly toward its inescapable ending, but it remains a prime contender for one or more Academy Awards.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2019

The strength of both families in the face of such frightening conditions provides the film with a moral center and tragic power that overcome its minor weaknesses.

Full Review | Original Score: 73/100 | Oct 29, 2013

A poignant drama bringing us into the lives of Anne Frank, whose diary inspired millions seeking to understand why such a sweet, innocent child could be murdered in the Holocaust.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 15, 2011

Remains a potent statement about the horrors of war and a valid testament to the girl who could answer them by writing, 'I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart.' [Blu-ray]

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 28, 2009

A vivid and carefully produced work of poignancy and loss.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 13, 2007

More valuable as historical than artistic work, George Stevens' reverential Broadway-to-Hollywood transfer is marred by the weak lead performance from Millie Perkins.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | May 1, 2007

That [the movie] still resonates today is a testament both to Stevens' filmmaking abilities and, of course, Anne's unforgettable words.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2006

One of those extremely long and well-meaning adaptations of plays, this doesn't really amount to very much, despite its intrinsically moving subject matter.

Full Review | Jan 26, 2006

Its ideals are concerned less with the horrors of 1940s Germany and more with the optimistic, hopeful attitude of 1950s America.

Full Review | Original Score: 65/100 | Jan 20, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 6, 2004

Stevens took some stick for casting an unknown as Anne, but his decision paid off as Perkins is refreshingly unmannered in the role.

Full Review | May 24, 2003

Mr. Stevens has done a superb job of putting upon the screen the basic drama and shivering authenticity of the Frances Goodrich-Albert Hackett play, which in turn caught the magnitude of drama in the real-life diary of a Jewish girl.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2003

The Anne Frank saga remains moving, personal, and relavant, no matter how distant we become in time.

Full Review | Mar 13, 2003

A poignant, moving film of hope and tragedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Faithful and affecting (if long).

Full Review | Original Score: C | Apr 13, 2002

Represents Stevens at the height of his pretentiousness and the depths of his accomplishment.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000