The Attack
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: June 21, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJun 20, 2013
A gripping, personal examination of a seemingly unresolvable conflict. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearJun 18, 2013
Imagine a male Lifetime movie fueled by Middle Eastern tensions, and you’d have Ziad Doueiri’s torn-from-Tel-Aviv’s-headlines melodrama, one which drops its handsome husband of a hero into a domestic nightmare. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJun 19, 2013
All the same, as dramatized here, The Attack skirts perilously close to being an apologia for suicide bombing. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleLeba HertzAug 8, 2013
There's nothing new here about the conflict, but the film portrays the two sides fairly - both right, both wrong. Overall, The Attack is thought-provoking, even if it doesn't address how to solve the problem. We'll probably never know the answer in our lifetime. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJul 31, 2013
At its best when making the political personal, the film’s exposure of a husband’s enduring mystery about his wife’s motivations has a universal appeal. Read full review
50
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJun 20, 2013
Despite a remarkable performance by Suliman, who’s almost never off-camera, events become increasingly pat and implausible, with one explanatory scene played like a shadowy variation on Kevin Spacey’s monologue in “Se7en.” Read full review
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