The Human Factor

Name: The Human Factor
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 22, 2021
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Aaron Miller, Daniel Kurtzer, Dennis Ross, Gamal Helal, Martin Indyk

2021

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: January 22, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: Aaron Miller, Daniel Kurtzer, Dennis Ross, Gamal Helal, Martin Indyk, Robert Malley

Summary: With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, The Human Factor is the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of pulling off the impossible – securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.

Director: Dror Moreh

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 108 min

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Michael O'Sullivan

May 4, 2021

As the title of the film suggests, it tells a story involving as much human drama as geopolitical maneuvering. It’s a story of personalities and, at times, the fragile male ego. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jan 21, 2021

It’s surely the most spellbinding documentary ever made about the mediation process. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

May 7, 2021

The Human Factor is as much about modern day America as it about Israel and Palestine, and how much we have to lose when we give into the easy temptation of demonizing those who think differently—even if it’s as a result of listening to Tucker Carlson. Read full review

Mike Scott

May 4, 2021

From the blow-by-blow ticktock of the efforts of Secretary of State James Baker during Bush the elder’s administration to Bill Clinton’s failed Camp David summit, they push The Human Factor into surprisingly suspenseful territory, even if we all know how it ends. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Jun 4, 2021

Moreh’s approach creates a surprisingly comprehensive, if (by design) one-sided, American-centric view of the peace process. Interviews and archival materials have a means of immersing us in the backroom discussion. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

May 6, 2021

If nothing else, The Human Factor demonstrates the tall task that awaits President Biden’s secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Good luck. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Jan 21, 2021

Moreh offers no analysis — an especially unfortunate stance given explosive feelings and wildly variable interpretations of events. Finally, the film pushes the deeply disquieting assumption that the United States knows what’s best for those troublesome people in the Middle East, whose tantrums kiboshed all the hard work and emotional investment put in by the sainted Americans. Read full review

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