Ô Jerusalem

Chicago Tribune by

As a pocket history of the battles over Jerusalem in the ’40s, O Jerusalem is serviceable enough. But all the melodrama cheapens the real drama, and turns a war-torn region into a soap-opera stage.

Chicago Reader by Andrea Gronvall

This bloated 2006 historical epic flatlines early and never regains a pulse.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

Makes the mistake of including too sweeping a scope in too small a movie and with too few resources.

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Whether on a Middle Eastern battlefield or the streets of New York, characters converse in stilted, expository mouthfuls that smother emotion.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Formulaic film recounts the tumultuous birth of Israel.

Miami Herald by Marta Barber

What is evident from the film is that there was never any chance these two peoples could make a peaceful coexistence.