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Out in the Dark

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Israel, United States · 2012
1h 36m
Director Michael Mayer
Starring Michael Aloni, Nicholas Jacob, Jamil Khoury, Loai Nofi
Genre Drama, Romance

One night, two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — connect at a bar in Tel Aviv. Soon enough, their connection blossoms into love. As they seek to find happiness together, they must deal with the myriad obstacles in their way --- their political differences, their tricky family situations, and the overarching condemnation of their romance.

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Time Out by

About 45 minutes in, the film’s uneasy détente between subtlety and movie machinery fails outright, as heretofore shown-not-told themes are spelled out — “You forget where you live!” yell family members on both sides — and the paramours try to outrun violence and structural contrivance.

80

Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl

The movie is involving, the romance affecting, the sex sound, and the catch-as-catch-can handheld camerawork smartly appropriate for the scenario.

80

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

In Mayer’s assured hands, a drama that could easily have become schematic instead pulses with urgency, longing and raw feeling, morphing smoothly in its final third into a lean thriller.

50

Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene

Instead of looking for depth or verisimilar romance, director Michael Mayer turns his characters into mere cogs in a pseudo-suspenseful thriller.

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