Colibel
Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
Rexanne
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Ian
It's not quite the blazing masterpiece the cover blurb, in English, would have you believe. And for English-speaking viewers, it has subtitles although I'm quite happy with that.The movie tackles a very, very, very touchy political and religious subject. I make no claim at all to fully understanding the issues which, I suspect, will make the movie difficult to understand for UK, EU and American viewers. There's not really a good guy or a bad guy, hence the difficulty, although quite early on it's obvious the writer - oh, gosh, who also directed! - is portraying Tony as the bad guy. And, indeed, he is what his opponent calls a 'f*cking pr*ck.' There's no getting away from that, in spite of subsequent revelations.The movie soon turns into a courtroom drama - which I love - and we see how easily the media manipulates the masses - and how ready they are to be manipulated.It's expertly directed and all the actors are superb.There is a slight 'turn' towards the end which doesn't really make sense but which provides a meagre optimism which the writer/oh boy/director obviously wanted. It's a plot device, not a characteristic of the character.The movie highlights the impossibilities of the situation and there really are no winners or losers. This will take generations to end, if indeed, it ever does. If you're not directly involved in the Middle East conflict, thank your lucky stars, Watching this movie is moderately interesting but it will solve nothing and probably inform you less.
tarainsa
While the Muslim-Christian conflict is a common subject in Lebanese cinema, no film has explored the subject so thoughtfully, and with as much maturity, as this beautifully crafted film. I would give it a 10, except for the miscasting of Rita Hayek, who appears too aware of the camera, and the clearly fake "throaty voice" of the lead, who would have been better just speaking in his normal voice in an otherwise powerful performance. All in all, well done; highly recommended. Moving without being manipulative of the audience's emotions.
judetonynassar
I am Lebanease,I Am only 15 years old so I don't understand so much in Politics and other things.When I Watched this Movie,I Was Amazed in Ziad Doueiri's Work.He's an amazing man,After this amazing movie full of amazing direction and an amaZing plot and very strong characters I Really knew the importance of the ground that I Belong to
I don't have words to describe my feeling to this realistic movie,Finally I Can Say that we Are proud to have Such Movie in Our Country and such an amazing Director and strong Characters
leaakkary
A Lebanese movie perfectly describing the situation in Lebanon after the war...
