Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
Arab Film Distribution | Release Date: January 28, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Showing the movie would be a great way to open a debate. I would love to hear its charges answered as clearly as they're stated. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleJonathan Curiel
Thought-provoking. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJoshua Land
The result may be better suited for classroom viewing than for theatrical exhibition, but that's a tribute to the movie's instructive value. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNed Martel
This one-sided account brings some lesser-known offenses to light and advances a scenario that is bold and detailed. But it is hardly dispassionate. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The subject can sharply divide even the most liberal-minded critics, but it's no secret on which side of the debate filmmakers Bathsheba Ratzkoff and Sut Jhally find themselves. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The main problem with The Promised Land is that Jhally and Ratzkoff are eager to foster dissent, but not to invite it into their own movie. Their talking heads sound rehearsed and repetitive, and the righteous anger dissipates without a contrary opinion to provide a ceiling. Read full review
50
New York PostRussell Scott Smith
Often, the movie feels like sitting through a college lecture class. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Pedantic, humorless and one-sided -- qualities that won't encourage exposure beyond the activist left. Read full review
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