Rabin, the Last Day
Kino Lorber | Release Date: January 29, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmJan 29, 2016
Frequently horrifying and never less than absorbing, Rabin, the Last Day is a meticulously observant portrait of a broken society. Read full review
83
The PlaylistJessica KiangSep 19, 2015
Gitai rightly trusts in the fascination of material that needs no sensationalism or gimmickry to command our whole attention. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMar 10, 2016
An unusual work that mixes genres to at times awkward but always powerful effect. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirFeb 4, 2016
It’s no ordinary movie: Rabin, the Last Day is a disorienting mixture of drama, documentary and meticulous re-creation, and very little of it takes place on the last day of Rabin’s life. Read full review
80
Screen DailyJonathan RomneySep 19, 2015
Some intricately choreographed long takes - Eric Gautier’s photography is superb throughout - enhance a project which is both vivid in its evocation of the recent past, and razor-sharp in the light it sheds on the way that religious and nationalistic fanaticism continue to exert a dangerous sway. Read full review
75
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJan 29, 2016
The overall film is a mix of “The Thin Blue Line” and Costa-Gavras’ “Z.” At times overemphatic (no one will ever accuse Gitai of holding too much back), this docu-thriller is also agonizingly suspenseful, despite the foreordained conclusion. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungSep 19, 2015
It is unsettling in its depiction of the dark underbelly of the country, where a culture of hate paved the way for violence and tragedy. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJan 29, 2016
With material this powerful, we shouldn’t have to continually be puzzling out what’s real and what’s staged. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJan 25, 2016
Its vantage point too loosely assembles an argument by focusing, almost obsessively, on reassembling a tangible timeline of events. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJan 28, 2016
Rabin, the Last Day is not interesting in spite of its flaws as a film. It’s interesting because of them, because of Mr. Gitai’s refusal or inability to clarify or even coherently narrate the history he addresses. Read full review
60
Village VoiceDiana ClarkeJan 26, 2016
By glamorizing struggle and ideology across the Israeli-Jewish political spectrum, it once more invites identification with only half of those locked in the conflict Rabin was trying to solve. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 19, 2015
It’s a chewy watch, heavy on the socio-political carbs, and its method can be a little exhausting. But its determination to do right by its subject – and Gitai’s own country too – is soberly compelling. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 19, 2015
In keeping with Gitai’s typically austere oeuvre, it’s a long, slow and sober piece — one could even call it a documentary, despite the fact that actors have been hired to perform deposition scenes derived directly from Shamgar transcripts. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 19, 2015
An earnest, forensic examination into the slaying of the Israeli Prime Minister. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanSep 19, 2015
Gitai has chosen stylistic cinema over propaganda, and he is a director who regularly gets bogged down a bit in form. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJan 27, 2016
The movie is almost literally a trial to watch, demonstrating all the passion and excitement of an unedited C-SPAN broadcast. Read full review
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