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Holy Lands

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France, Belgium · 2017
1h 40m
Director Amanda Sthers
Starring James Caan, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Efrat Dor
Genre Drama

When Jewish American cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks both his family and his new neighbors. His conflict with the town rabbi slowly turns into a friendship that leads him to reevaluate his relationship with his estranged family.

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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

A good performance from Tom Hollander can’t save this stodgy, ungainly and strangely reactionary family drama from the French writer-director Amanda Sthers.

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Observer by Rex Reed

Despite good performances from a first-rate cast, the problem here is that the movie was written and directed by Amanda Sthers, who adapted it from her own novel. The result is too literary, but not in a good way. It’s choppy like paragraphs from a book, instead of chapters.

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Movie Nation by Roger Moore

Holy Lands works when Harry and Moshe are bickering, and doesn’t quite work anytime they’re not on the screen.

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