Wall
Lifesize Entertainment | Release Date: August 26, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The interviews Bitton conducts, almost all with Arabs and Jews who share her despair, are less meaningful than what she captures in silence: the sight of farmers separated from their farmland, everyday people thwarted in their dailiness, and children playing next to what looks like prison walls. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Its opponents, Arab and Israeli alike, the "wall" is a dispiriting symbol of apartheid and defeat. Read full review
70
Film ThreatJeremy Mathews
One of the most interesting and two-sided films to be made about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
The French filmmaker Simone Bitton takes a measured look at the barrier in her documentary Wall, a film that considers hard-core political realities alongside agonizing personal truths. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
An important human and artistic testament -- a calm meditation on something no one can consider calmly. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A deeply personal and unexpectedly poetic film. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Lingers too long on wordless, symbolic shots of the wall itself. But there's no denying the power of seeing two cultures standing so helplessly on opposite sides of a single fence. Read full review
60
VarietyLisa Nesselson
Helmer -- an Arab Jew who has lived on both sides of Jerusalem and is comfortable speaking idiomatic Arabic and Hebrew -- is particularly well qualified to tackle her subject. Read full review
60
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
Disturbing and compelling. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Bitton is Frederick Wiseman-obsessive about the practical details that make this horrific arrangement work, but she's also an unabashed polemicist. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
While Bitton engages in some penetrating conversations, and shoots some artful video footage, Wall never really tops its first scene. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
While all this might have made for a potent short subject, the abstract visual monotony begins to wear thin shortly into the 98-minute running time. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Coming and going through the wall's checkpoints is a tiresome and undignified process that makes US airport security look like a cocktail reception. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Tedious left-wing documentary. Read full review
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