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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.
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Whether on a Middle Eastern battlefield or the streets of New York, characters converse in stilted, expository mouthfuls that smother emotion.
O Jerusalem has the virtue of energy, but it suffers from superficiality, particularly with regard to the characterizations.
Features some first-rate cinematography and solid acting, but absolutely no sense of emotional boundaries.
Imagine watching Otto Preminger's equally silly 1960 "Exodus" now and you'll have O Jerusalem, minus Paul Newman's blue-eyed wink.
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