Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
7 |
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Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
7 |
...an intricate, sometimes implausible ideological thriller that might be better as a smaller-scaled, less preachy psychological drama. |
E!
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8 |
The picture loses some points for an ending that rings false and undercuts some of the buildup, but, nonetheless, Paradise sure is nice. |
filmcritic.com
Jay Antani |
6 |
While Paradise Now is a technically assured treatment of an important story, it never transcends its political posturing and finds the humanity as profoundly as it means to. |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
7 |
...too bitterly real to be a comedy, but its irony is a useful tool for needling terrorists from the inside. |
TV Guide
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8 |
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Reel
Tim Knight |
8 |
...gripping and insightful... |
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager |
6 |
...winds up feeling as if it's equivocating on the morality of suicide bombing in order to placate both peacenik and militant viewpoints on the Palestinian condition. |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
7 |
Shot in the West Bank, the film radiates authenticity. Even when he plays the action like a thriller, Abu-Assad is in search of a deeper truth. |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
9 |
..a veting and timely political thriller... |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
9 |
...a taut, ingeniously calculated thriller... |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
9 |
...a powerful, poignant, provocative drama... |
People
Leah Rozen |
7 |
...thought-provoking... |
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor |
8 |
...an absorbing, if unbalanced, drama... |
Village Voice
J. Hoberman |
7 |
...suffers from some odd continuity glitches and takes a few too many narrative curves en route to an overly convoluted ending, but the heart of the movie is as tense as the bus ride in Hitchcock's Sabotage. |
Onion AV Club
Tasha Robinson |
8 |
...while War Within takes a deeper, more personal look at its protagonist, Paradise Now is a more ambitious film that better contextualizes its central characters and their politics. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
8 |
...intermittently powerful... |
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