63
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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallRare vehicle which gives the Palestinian people (rather than their failed, double-talking leadership) an opportunity to speak freely and openly, and that feat in itself makes this one of the most important documentaries of recent times.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensMr. Longley makes powerful use of the techniques of cinéma vérité. The absence of voice-over narration and talking-head interviews gives his portrait of daily life under duress a riveting immediacy.
- 70Chicago ReaderTed ShenChicago ReaderTed ShenHeart-wrenching documentary.
- 70VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungTakes the viewer deep into the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the powerful immediacy of raw images, some of them very hard to look at.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoWhile it is interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side, Longley's film lacks balance (there's nothing from the Israeli perspective) and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanA documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary.
- 50Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanIts one-sidedness flirts with propaganda.