Gaza Strip
Arab Film Distribution | Release Date: August 1, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatPhil Hall
Rare vehicle which gives the Palestinian people (rather than their failed, double-talking leadership) an opportunity to speak freely and openly, and that feat in itself makes this one of the most important documentaries of recent times. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Mr. Longley makes powerful use of the techniques of cinéma vérité. The absence of voice-over narration and talking-head interviews gives his portrait of daily life under duress a riveting immediacy. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
Heart-wrenching documentary. Read full review
70
VarietyDeborah Young
Takes the viewer deep into the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the powerful immediacy of raw images, some of them very hard to look at. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Longley has constructed a remarkably coherent, horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days. Read full review
63
New York PostV.A. Musetto
While it is interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side, Longley's film lacks balance (there's nothing from the Israeli perspective) and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Its one-sidedness flirts with propaganda. Read full review
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