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Posted on Sat, Aug 13, 2011 : 12:20 p.m.

'Sarah's Key' trivializes the Holocaust

By AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist

Sarah's Key
Now showing at the Michigan Theater
Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times
Grade: C-

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When talking about her father, comedian Sarah Silverman likes to recount his favorite joke. Whenever some minor thing went wrong, he would self-mockingly blurt out, “First the Holocaust, now this.”

Taken the right way, one sees where his daughter’s ironic yet profane sense of comedy comes from. Taken the wrong way, you get a film like "Sarah’s Key."

Read the full review here