Censored Voices
Music Box Films | Release Date: November 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
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2
Negative:
0
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100
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanNov 19, 2015
Censored Voices is an essential documentary. Its subject is nothing less than loss of innocence, the seeds of hatred and the illusory nature of victory. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 28, 2015
Censored Voices is a soul debriefing of sorts. The soldiers' tales of killing the captured and uprooting entire villages lead them to question whether the war was more about expansion than survival. Read full review
80
Village VoiceDiana ClarkeNov 19, 2015
Oz is the best-known novelist in Israel, notorious for supporting a two-state solution. If you don't yet understand why he does, watch this film. If you're already on Oz's side, keeping the wound open might be worth it. Read full review
80
Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyOct 13, 2015
Censored Voices is a reminder that glorious myths of wars and the men who fight them wither under scrutiny, in Israel and everywhere else. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyNov 20, 2015
Loushy is resourceful, particularly as an editor, and the talking heads, even those not as internationally famous as the compassionate, articulate, and still-distressed Oz, are spectacularly compelling. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldNov 19, 2015
An essential amendment to the historical record, Censored Voices reminds us that no war is entirely virtuous and makes clear that, even at the time, the dangers of becoming an occupying force were evident. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijOct 13, 2015
Expertly assembled across the board, Censored Voices tries and largely succeeds in providing a corrective to the idea that Israel’s 1967 victory was a quick and clean operation. Read full review
70
VarietyBen KenigsbergOct 13, 2015
Loushy skillfully and briskly excerpts the material, although the film falls somewhere on the line between formal documentary and assemblage. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardNov 16, 2015
By negating more conventional, facts-first priorities, Mor Loushy creates an alternative historiography that's more meant to be felt than learned. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonDave CalhounOct 13, 2015
Loushy’s project can feel repetitive, a bit too in awe of his admittedly significant sources. Perhaps most striking are their prophecies that this was only the beginning of an intractable conflict that could only get worse, not better. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoJan 7, 2016
To be sure, Censored Voices can hardly be seen as anything but a political document, one that shares Oz’s views. Read full review
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