"Rodway – whose performance as Hitler is a canny balance of prideful fanaticism and anxious rationalization – is truly mesmerizing." Similarly, Peter Stack of The San Francisco Chronicle remarked, "Rodway's bellowing, sometimes pleading tour-de-force is so extraordinary that it's almost scary to watch." On a negative front, Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times, commented, "Adolf Hitler may have been many things, but it seems unlikely that he was the colossal bore portrayed in the hyperthyroid hodgepodge of pseudo-psychotherapy." Left unimpressed, Kevin Thomas of The Los Angeles Times mused, "There's lots of flashy visuals as punctuation, but they simply serve to underline the theatricality of this entire endeavor, which belongs on a stage, if anywhere at all." Awards Best Narrative Film – New England Film Festival (1997) Gold Award – Charleston Worldfest (1996) Critics' Choice – Los Angeles AFI International Film Festival (1996) Best Cinematography – Fantasporto Film Festival (1997) Best Cinematography – Houston International Film Festival (1997) Best First Feature – Houston International Film Festival (1997) Lumieres Award – New Orleans International Film Festival (1997) Medal of the President of the Republic of Italy – Salerno International Film Festival Best Feature Film – Sinking Creek Film Festival (1997) See also List of Holocaust films References External links The Empty Mirror official website The Empty Mirror at The Internet Movie Database The Empty Mirror at Rotten Tomatoes Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler Cultural depictions of Hermann Göring Cultural depictions of Joseph Goebbels Cultural depictions of Sigmund Freud 1996 drama films 1996 films American independent films Lionsgate films Films scored by John Frizzell (composer) 1990s English-language films 1990s American films