The Little Traitor
Westchester Films Inc. | Release Date: October 16, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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75
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
An engaging Israeli film about the days when the people throwing rocks, assassinating soldiers and setting off bombs were Jews out to carve a state for themselves out of the British "mandate" in Palestine. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
Alfred Molina gives a warm and engaging performance as an occupying British soldier. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Roth prefers sentimentality to subtlety and cutesiness to complexity. Fortunately, Molina balances Port's precocity, bringing a welcome gravitas to this simply told tale. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
The film is clever in using a child to tease out the misunderstandings that arise between those on opposite sides, even when the river of emotions that should course through The Little Traitor sometimes runs dry. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicRichard Nilsen
Doesn't attempt much, doesn't accomplish much, doesn't offer much and doesn't leave you with anything memorable to take home with you. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLewis Beale
Despite this promising subject matter, the film runs out of steam two-thirds of the way through and becomes a sort of Palestinian "Porky's," ending with a fast-forward 30 years into the future that is confusing and abrupt. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The mix of mawkishness and polemic is naive. Children, though, will probably leave with a lot of good questions. A better movie would leave them with more. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
All in all, a resonant theme, poorly played. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNicolas Rapold
Terminally mild, ill-structured adaptation of Amos Oz's novel "Panther in the Basement." Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Sentimental and a bit too cute in evoking a child's-eye view, the picture, nevertheless will please its target Jewish auds. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
A muddled morality tale more interested in coming of age than getting of wisdom. Read full review
20
Time OutStephen Garrett
Numbingly simplistic in concept and execution. Read full review
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