Walk On Water 2004

Critics score:
72 / 100

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Ellen Fox, Chicago Tribune: Even when Walk on Water doesn't quite have you by the heart, its little fingers fumble around in your brain. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: The past's hold on these people is examined with intelligence and insight, and the final scenes are quite touching. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Thought-provoking. Read more

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Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: Affecting performances by the cast place those abstract issues firmly in the human world. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Ambitious, troubled, worthy inquisition into the soul of modern Israel. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Does not always convince, but with its interest in a range of issues that matter, it always has our full attention. Read more

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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Lior Ashkenazi, who stars in it as an emotionally buttoned-down Mossad agent, has the debonair subtlety and charisma of an Israeli Clive Owen. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It's a noble and humanizing work with an engaging and intimate tone and look. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: At once glossily commercial and brimming with intellectual ambition. Read more

Marta Barber, Miami Herald: The film deals with many serious issues, some of them only superficially, but Fox places them all in the context of the growing friendship between the two opposites. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: Engages the emotions, but it compromises its message of personal liberation through the hokey conventions of a '40s espionage thriller. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Most art house movies don't have enough drama. Walk on Water has twice as much as it needs. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Fox intends to draw historical parallels between Jewish and Palestinian victims, but the film nearly drowns in earnest morality. Read more

Dana Stevens, New York Times: An odd bird, a slight-feeling indie film that slowly builds into a substantial meditation on contemporary politics, sexual and otherwise. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Terrific Israeli drama. Read more

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: This movie already has enough topics on the table. As a result, none gets the attention it deserves. Read more

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Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: Works best in isolated spots early on as a series of intriguing character studies. Read more

Malene Arpe, Toronto Star: Watching, you can't help but feel the issues, the serious as well as the fun ones, are ill-served by the perfunctory examinations offered by the filmmaker. Read more

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Leslie Felperin, Variety: An overly schematic, deeply flawed script and wan perfs keep this from being a crossover crowd-pleaser. Read more

Leslie Camhi, Village Voice: The complex questions Walk on Water raises receive only confused answers. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Fox's film seems to say that the kind of saintly purity that would enable one to walk on water -- or to kill with impunity and without repercussions -- doesn't exist. Read more

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