Kippur
Kino International | Release Date: November 3, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Though Kippur seems a creature radically different -- more nakedly autobiographical, more naturalistic, more forgiving -- from Gitai's highly conceptual and stylized body of work, there are clear thematic continuities. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A classic war film, at once elegiac and immediate, that takes you smack into the chaos of combat yet is marked by a detached perspective. Read full review
90
Film.comDavid D'Arcy
Don't miss it. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeJay Carr
A story about the ravages of one war on a single man's soul and psyche becomes an eloquent plea for peace.
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Intense, autobiographically based drama. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Perhaps more than any war film in recent memory, Kippur is about the actual work of combat. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
At once shockingly vivid and overwhelmingly antiheroic. Read full review
79
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
Formally astute, visually arresting, and fearlessly horrifying. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Shot mostly with a hand-held camera and in the gray hues you expect from the gruesome landscape, Kippur is highly sophisticated in its action scenes.
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Both a blood-churning war movie and a mind-stirring antiwar movie, focusing not on guts and glory but on the stark realities of real battlefield experience. Read full review
70
VarietyDavid Stratton
A cumulatively devastating and visceral insight into the horrors of war. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
At more than two hours, Kippur is something of an ordeal. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Rather than heightening our sense of empathy, we become numbed by the repetition. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Undeniably powerful, grimly fascinating.
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Immerses you in violence and agony, but it may leave you with a curious feeling of detachment. Read full review
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