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Tedious left-wing documentary.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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An important human and artistic testament -- a calm meditation on something no one can consider calmly.
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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Lingers too long on wordless, symbolic shots of the wall itself. But there's no denying the power of seeing two cultures standing so helplessly on opposite sides of a single fence.
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Its opponents, Arab and Israeli alike, the "wall" is a dispiriting symbol of apartheid and defeat.
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Disturbing and compelling.
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Helmer -- an Arab Jew who has lived on both sides of Jerusalem and is comfortable speaking idiomatic Arabic and Hebrew -- is particularly well qualified to tackle her subject.
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Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The interviews Bitton conducts, almost all with Arabs and Jews who share her despair, are less meaningful than what she captures in silence: the sight of farmers separated from their farmland, everyday people thwarted in their dailiness, and children playing next to what looks like prison walls.
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The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
The French filmmaker Simone Bitton takes a measured look at the barrier in her documentary Wall, a film that considers hard-core political realities alongside agonizing personal truths.
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While Bitton engages in some penetrating conversations, and shoots some artful video footage, Wall never really tops its first scene.