Where Hands Touch

"Award-winning filmmaker Amma Asante (Belle) directs Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) in this story of a bi-racial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany. Though the film's a touch too separated from reality, critic Lyn Potter explains how it succeeds as a cautionary tale."

"Stenberg carries the magnetism she brought to her breakthrough role in the YA romance "Everything, Everything," but she's betrayed by a stilted rendering of a rarely illuminated piece of history."

"A gut-wrenching misfire."

"It's a film entirely devoid of subtlety yet one that also fails to provide the grand emotion it yearns to deliver, despite the use of a sledgehammer."

"Dramatically it's a mixed bag, but Where Hands Touch does offer some moments of magic."

"The soft-focus romanticism, soaring music cues and use of slow-motion all mute the impact of a potentially harrowing true story."

"Asante usually excels at sharing stories audiences haven't seen before, so it's unfortunate that this one feels so dully familiar."

"Throughout, Asante raises questions about bravery, conscience and, most of all, identity."