40
Falls flat.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
New Times (L.A.) by Bill Gallo
Despite a couple of low-budget, rookie-director rough spots, this fascinating look at Israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and, because of its heightened, well-shaped dramas, twice as powerful.
50
A capable, soulful thriller with a love story as steamy as is possible when its lead characters are Orthodox Jews.
50
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Despite its rare look at the tensions between religious and secular soldiers in a settlement on the occupied West Bank, it's a pretty static, by-the-book drama that would be insufferable without the sullen heat of Tinkerbell and Avni.
50
Ultimately, writer-director Joseph Cedar has created a film that resembles a subtitled very special episode of "JAG."
70
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
One of the most successful, provocative and intensely contemporary of Israeli films, so much so that to watch it is to feel the country having a passionate argument with itself.
50
Interestingly for an Israeli movie, the bombers are not Palestinians -- they're young, ultra-Orthodox fanatics.
50
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
Hobbled with pedestrian direction, a dull visual style and a last act awash in obvious bang-bang melodrama.
75
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
The tone is balanced, reflective and reasonable. Avni is a major star in Israel, and he is an actor with world-class charm.