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.
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.