49
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThis setup is simple, but what follows is less so: an impressionistic battle between imagination and brute force that too often veers from enlightening to exasperating.
- 50The DissolveChris KlimekThe DissolveChris KlimekHabie’s fractured narrative style—particularly her arbitrary shifts from Khaled’s perspective to Eyal’s to (apparently) third-person reality—stymies the accumulation of any dramatic momentum from scene to scene.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibSuliman (“Paradise Now,” “The Attack”) dominates the screen as Khaled, utterly compelling in and out of jail, his magnificent perf tying up cinematic loose ends.
- 40Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonUsing its narrative as a launching pad for abstract visuals, the picture reminds viewers that even the most striking images demand context to create anything like drama.