Movie Nation by Roger Moore

Holy Lands works when Harry and Moshe are bickering, and doesn’t quite work anytime they’re not on the screen.

Observer by Rex Reed

Despite good performances from a first-rate cast, the problem here is that the movie was written and directed by Amanda Sthers, who adapted it from her own novel. The result is too literary, but not in a good way. It’s choppy like paragraphs from a book, instead of chapters.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

A good performance from Tom Hollander can’t save this stodgy, ungainly and strangely reactionary family drama from the French writer-director Amanda Sthers.

RogerEbert.com by Christy Lemire

Sthers has amassed such a strong cast of veteran actors that they manage to create some resonant moments now and again.

The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer

This treacly and overwrought piece of mishegoss from French novelist turned director Amanda Sthers is pretty much a chore from start to finish.