Golda's Balcony

Name: Golda's Balcony
Genre: Biography
Released: October 10, 2007
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 62

2007

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Seventh Art Releasing | Release Date: October 10, 2007

Summary: Golda's Balcony is based on the stage play about the rise of Golda Meir from schoolgirl to Israel's Prime Minister. (7th Art Releasing)

Director: Jeremy Kagan

Genre(s): Biography

Runtime: 95 min

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Ella Taylor

Jeremy Kagan's excellent adaptation of William Gibson's stage play. Read full review

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Harper and Golda's Balcony generate tremendous influence and timeless meaning. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Fortunately, no amount of optical wizardry and quick-change trickery can disguise the fundamental power of Harper's performance, a revelatory turn that's truly transformative in every sense of the term. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Once again, we chart the growth of a woman and a country at the same time, a tough assignment that Harper tackles with humor and passion (even if her Kissinger impersonation could use a little work). Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Kagan's green-screen filmization, in its over-busy editing, ever-changing angles and constantly shifting backdrops, strips the play of its starkness, leaving disproportionate schmaltz and propaganda. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Harper and the film's director, Jeremy Kagan, try valiantly, but they are unable to bring Meir to life or hold viewers' attentions. Read full review

Phil Hall

Reconfigured into a very different one-woman movie by Gibson and director Jeremy Kagan. Unfortunately, the transformation was not successful. Read full review

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JoeJ.

Oct 14, 2007

Valerie is her usual brilliant self, and thje story is a real lesson in history, compassion, strength, humor, and dedication.

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JoeZ.

Oct 24, 2007

Valerie Harper is terrific but the direction is dreadful. It feels (and looks) like a bad music video with bad green screen shots and VERY jumpy cutting, the editing ruins a fine performance. Clearly the director didn't trust the two best things he (and the movie) had going, Valerie Valerie Harper is terrific but the direction is dreadful. It feels (and looks) like a bad music video with bad green screen shots and VERY jumpy cutting, the editing ruins a fine performance. Clearly the director didn't trust the two best things he (and the movie) had going, Valerie Harper's performance and Bill Gibson's writing.… Expand

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