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Movie Overview
Cast
• Said Taghmaoui
• JJ Feild
• Maria Papas
Director
• Elie Chouraqui
MPAA Rating
R
O Jerusalem (2007)

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OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten
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B
"In its struggle to present an unbiased portrait that balances Jewish and Palestinian viewpoints evenly, the film loses some narrative focus. Nevertheless, it presents a valuable history lesson that points out the dire effects of British occupation in the"  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

3/5
"A hopeful and helpful movie that depicts the friendship between a Jew and an Arab that outlasts the winds of war and the culture of revenge and racial hatred surrounding them."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

1/4
"I felt as though I could have gathered the same information about Israel's beginnings from a pamphlet, and saved myself the film's forthright baggage"  Bangitout.com  Jordan Hiller

C
"Good intentions often make bad movies."  Chicago Sun-Times  Nell Minow

1/5
"As a history lesson, the film is so elementary and silly that you'd half-expect to find Mr. Peabody and Sherman peeking around the Wailing Wall."  EDGE Boston  Phil Hall

1.5/4
"Hammers away at its Arab/Jewish variation on the chicken-or-the-egg debate ad nauseam."  Slant Magazine  Rob Humanick
OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten
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