As a pocket history of the battles over Jerusalem in the ’40s, O Jerusalem is serviceable enough. But all the melodrama cheapens the real drama, and turns a war-torn region into a soap-opera stage.
Ô Jerusalem
France, United Kingdom, Italy · 2006
Rated R · 1h 40m
Director Élie Chouraqui
Starring J.J. Feild, Saïd Taghmaoui, Maria Papas, Patrick Bruel
Genre Drama
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A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
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Chicago Reader by Andrea Gronvall
This bloated 2006 historical epic flatlines early and never regains a pulse.
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Makes the mistake of including too sweeping a scope in too small a movie and with too few resources.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Whether on a Middle Eastern battlefield or the streets of New York, characters converse in stilted, expository mouthfuls that smother emotion.
Formulaic film recounts the tumultuous birth of Israel.
What is evident from the film is that there was never any chance these two peoples could make a peaceful coexistence.
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