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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- A few sub-plots get lost...but this offers a satisfyingly large-scale demonic incursion as glimpsed from the streets.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisEntertainment WeeklyClark CollisThe niftily claustrophobic use of actual Jerusalem locations offers a nice holiday from the more familiar backdrops favored by the POV genre.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe creepy evocativeness of its superbly utilized setting...and the well-realized creature designs make it a more than respectable horror effort. The haunting final shot alone makes it worth the price of admission.
- 50VarietyBen KenigsbergVarietyBen KenigsbergThe movie’s occasional stabs at political commentary never quite pay off. Nor can the writer-directors, brothers Yoav and Doron Paz, fully sustain the film’s novelty into the second half, when the script reverts to timeless, tired monster-movie tropes.
- 50The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe more desperate the characters’ flight becomes, the less interesting the movie grows. It does end with a witty flourish, though — one that makes good use of those glasses.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJeruZalem is just a wobble-a-thon with incessant screaming and a predictable trajectory for its leading ladies, even if the final, arresting image of a malevolently transformed skyline makes one wish a more enticing, original road had led there.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe filmmakers score half a point for at least avoiding the old “hero-who’s-constantly-filming” device, but fail to add anything else to the proceedings, except, perhaps, the movie’s unique setting.
- 30Village VoiceRob StaegerVillage VoiceRob StaegerNot much substance is buried beneath the irritating style.