The Attack
Drama
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2012
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An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
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Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
1 Sep 2012
Country:
BE, FR, LB, QA
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew (modern)
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Screenwriters Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma pull quite a few punches here, making the doctor improbably naive about Israeli-Palestinian tensions so that his transformation seems profound.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
29 Aug 2013
fresh:
"The Attack" doesn't force us to pick a side. But it does force us to question our outsiders' hope in conciliation.
– Andrew Wagaman,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
22 Aug 2013
fresh:
Arouses profound questions about fanaticism, cultural identity, and the essential mystery of other people, even those we think we know best.
– Peter Keough,
Boston Globe,
15 Aug 2013
rotten:
It's set up as a descent into the heart of darkness, but it ends up playing out in pallid shades of grey.
– Adam Nayman,
Globe and Mail,
9 Aug 2013
fresh:
Imagine a blissful life taken away: Story of an Arab man who's assimilated into Israeli society but finds out that his wife was a suicide bomber. Nothing new here about the conflict, fair portrayal of the sides, thought provoking without solutions.
– Leba Hertz,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Aug 2013