"A fabulous excursion into the deep mystery of evil"
- Errol Morris
"A virtuoso feat of documentary filmmaking."
- Hannah Brown, The Jerusalem Post
"The Decent One is the most haunting documentary I've ever seen."
"Intimate, human, suspenseful, and terrifying, its momentum guided by individual self-delusion and the awful weight and facts of history"
- Ken Burns, Filmmaker
"Lapa has fashioned a fascinating case study: a portrait of the man responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War who thought of himself in heroic terms."
- Kelcie Mattson and Alice Thorpe, Indiewire
"The genius of The Decent One, Vanessa Lapa’s disturbing new documentary… is that she in no way tries to differentiate between the man and the monster."
"Lapa’s unconventional approach is challenging for the audience."
- Renee Ghert-Zand, The Times of Israel