O Jerusalem 2006

Critics score:
35 / 100

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Tasha Robinson, Chicago Tribune: The filmmakers split time between history and personal drama in ways that do full service to neither. Read more

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Linda Matchan, Boston Globe: It aspires to be an epic drama but suffers from an acute identity crisis: It can't decide if it wants to be history, drama, or a cry for peace in the Mideast. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Director Elie Chouraqui and co-writer Didier Lepecheur [fall] prey to a fatal evenhandedness that reduces a complex battle for the loveliest, most fought-over city in the world to a pile of heroic cliches. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: The performances are all good, and there's enough history in O Jerusalem to float a boat of refugees. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Unfortunately, French director Elie Chouraqui settles for speed and cliche. Read more

Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times: Good intentions often make bad movies. Read more

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Desson Thomson, Washington Post: It's hard to take the film seriously with [its] contrivances, including a hokey music score, dialogue designed solely to give us historical information. Read more