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Anti-Semitism: The Movie
Anti-Semitism: The Movie
Documentary - 2009
Defamation
7.4
81%
58
Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"
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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
1 May 2009
Country:
IL, US, PL, AT, DK
Languages:
English, Hebrew (modern)
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$11,410
Awards:
6 wins & 7 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The filmmaker gives roughly equal time to left, right, and moderate views, but his glib narration, accentuated by a jaunty score, undercuts this otherwise worthy inquiry.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
2 Feb 2010
fresh:
The film wades airily into a cultural no-flyover zone, sits down, and says: OK, let's talk.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
3 Dec 2009
fresh:
Even though Defamation, which is sprinkled with unexpected moments of wry humor, will be inescapably controversial, Yoav Shamir strives admirably to be evenhanded.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Nov 2009
rotten:
Presumably Mr. Shamir's film plays differently in Israel. In the United States, it feels like just another day on the Op-Ed page.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
20 Nov 2009
fresh:
Yoav Shamir's documentary Defamation takes on such an explosive topic that the director only gradually reveals the film's real subject.
– Walter V. Addiego,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Nov 2009
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