Kadosh
Kino International | Release Date: May 12, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
An alternately angry and sad portrait, passionate in its presentation and moving in its portrayal of individuals who sacrifice their love for the tenets of their religion. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The acting is uniformly superb, as is the rich, somber cinematography. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Raises fascinating question within a compelling narrative framework, and is also intriguing for the glimpse it provides into the inner workings of Orthodox Judaism. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Slowly unfolding but liberating film, which is also a rare look inside a circumscribed community. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
A wonderfully understated work offering insights to a world where no emotion is simple. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
A poetic and somber film that underscores the bum deal women usually get in any restrictive society. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A very angry film. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
A powerful indictment of a religious mind set and is sure to spark plenty of post-screening discussion. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Gitai has created a film that is as beautiful as it is all but unbearable to watch. Read full review
70
Film.comTom Keogh
It is unusually but effectively organized as an almost unbroken chain of intimacies between the small and large players in this story. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
This unusually classical story from experimental Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai flows along, suffused in a quiet beauty flecked with sober foreboding. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJessica Winter
One of Gitaï's greatest assets in Kadosh is such stillness, which leaves facile outsiders' judgment out of the frame and thereby deepens our immersion in the narrative. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
If it happens to lose you as you wander through this strange land, at least it does so to the accompaniment of captivating visuals and music. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
It moves slowly, but you suspect that is the way of life in Mea Shearim, the closed quarters of a group that triggered Gitai's respect and our curiosity. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
It's hard to tell whether these characters are meant to seem as staunchly symbolic as they do when they deliver some of the back-story-heavy dialogue. Read full review
60
Film.comJohn Hartl
Gitai, a veteran documentary director, refuses to find an easy resolution to the story, and that will frustrate as many people as it pleases. Read full review
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