Tel Aviv on Fire

Name: Tel Aviv on Fire
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: August 2, 2019
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Kais Nashif, Laëtitia Eïdo, Lubna Azabal

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: August 2, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Kais Nashif, Laëtitia Eïdo, Lubna Azabal, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadim Sawalha, Salim Dau, Yaniv Biton, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid

Summary: Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam is caught in the middle.

Director: Sameh Zoabi

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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The Playlist Asher Luberto

Aug 1, 2019

Tel Aviv on Fire is a summer gem unlike any other you will see this year–an invitation to laugh at a world in decline. Read full review

Vanessa H. Larson

Aug 5, 2019

Lighthearted and entertaining aren’t words often used to describe movies about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the characterization fits Tel Aviv on Fire to a T. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Jul 29, 2019

A determinedly easygoing comedy about the Israeli-Palestinian divide, Tel Aviv on Fire gets by on the low-keyed assurance of its cast and its medium-grade amusements. Read full review

Nora McGreevy

Aug 15, 2019

This saga, for all its twists and turns, comes to a relatively neat end. Those living in the real world aren’t so lucky. In the meantime, Zoabi seems to say, we can at least laugh about it. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Aug 1, 2019

The story risks being overwhelmed along with its protagonist — pulled apart by too many competing arcs that collide in ways that aren’t always graceful. But on the other hand, too neat a movie might risk inauthenticity. Read full review

Peter Goldberg

Jul 29, 2019

Playfully biting as it can be, Tel Aviv on Fire tends to falter when it loses sight of the target of its satire. Read full review

Lawrence Garcia

Jul 30, 2019

Despite its loaded premise, Tel Aviv On Fire rarely sparks more than mild amusement. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Aug 3, 2019

A potentially funny premise that, regrettably, doesn't rise to the level of that potential. Had it been treated more as a campy screwball romp instead of a comparatively safe satire overloaded with overly talky quasi-philosophical sequences that water down its innate narrative, this couldA potentially funny premise that, regrettably, doesn't rise to the level of that potential. Had it been treated more as a campy screwball romp instead of a comparatively safe satire overloaded with overly talky quasi-philosophical sequences that water down its innate narrative, this could have been a much, much better film. The picture's tepid, kid gloves handling of its material not only squanders whatever inherent zaniness it had to work with, but it also unwittingly blunts the impact of the underlying sociopolitical commentary that its satirical punchline was ultimately designed to deliver. While modestly amusing, this offering unfortunately missed an excellent opportunity to present a refreshingly different, completely irreverent, totally unexpected take on a subject that has typically been addressed with relentlessly serious heavy-handedness -- and that might be better for everyone with a little lightening up, both on and off the screen.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Oct 17, 2019

(Mauro Lanari)
Brave or reckless in its amused and funny approach to a biblical scale conflict? Brave, and its humorous defuse is effective.

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