"clearly comes from Egoyan's heart" but is "too much, too heavily layered, too needlessly difficult, too opaque." He also said it was disputed whether the film's quote from Adolf Hitler that the Armenian genocide is forgotten is genuine. In The New York Times, Stephen Holden called the film a "profound reflection on historical memory," and "hands down the year's most thought-provoking film." The BBC's Tom Dawson wrote the film "feels clumsy and convoluted" compared to Egoyan's other work. Ararat has a 55% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 76 reviews, and a metascore of 62 ("Generally favorable reviews") at Metacritic. Nationalist criticism Ethnic Turks in Canada had proposed boycotting films by Disney and its subsidiary companies, and several nationalist critics sent e-mails to Egoyan and established websites arguing that the film's premise is not true. Some individuals sent threats to Egoyan, including statements that a release of the film could result in danger for Armenians in Turkey. Film Quarterly stated "Ararat touched off a new round of angry denials and charges of hate mongering." Accolades The film won several awards. These included five awards at the 23rd Genie Awards, which Ararat star Arsinée Khanjian co-hosted with actor Peter Keleghan. Egoyan was not present. In 2008, the government of Israel also awarded the Dan David Prize to Egoyan for "creative rendering of the past." Ararat'' was especially a reason for the honour. References Bibliography External links Canadian Film Encyclopedia 2000s war drama films 2002 films Armenian genocide films Armenian-language films Canadian war drama films 2000s English-language films English-language Canadian films English-language French films Films about filmmaking Films directed by Atom Egoyan Films scored by Mychael Danna Films set in Toronto Films shot in Alberta Films shot in Toronto 2000s French-language films French war drama films 2000s German-language films Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners French nonlinear narrative films Canadian nonlinear narrative films 2002 multilingual films Mount Ararat Canadian multilingual films French multilingual films 2000s Canadian films 2000s French films