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Paradise Now Review

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5.0

Dave White Profile

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  • 4.0
    71

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Variety Derek Elley

    Handsomely shot in widescreen, mostly on actual West Bank locations, and well-played by the cast, pic lays out the issues in an accessible but rather too over-correct way, seemingly eager to please all parties at the expense of real passion.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    A valuable film, provided one doesn't ask too much of it.

  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

    While nothing truly new or shocking emerges, the film does bring clarity and compassion to its depiction of an act that baffles, angers and sickens people the world over.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    A powerful, poignant, provocative drama, it gets its strength from its dispassion, from an uncompromising determination to explain rather than justify or condemn, to put a human face on incomprehensible acts.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    Along the way, Paradise Now sustains a mood of breathless suspense. Politics aside, the movie is a superior thriller whose shrewdly inserted plot twists and emotional wrinkles are calculated to put your heart in your throat and keep it there.

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  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Of all the shocks in the riveting and timely political thriller Paradise Now, the most unsettling may be the dignity bestowed on a pair of prospective Palestinian suicide bombers.

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