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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreAn engaging Israeli film about the days when the people throwing rocks, assassinating soldiers and setting off bombs were Jews out to carve a state for themselves out of the British "mandate" in Palestine.
- 63New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithAlfred Molina gives a warm and engaging performance as an occupying British soldier.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanRoth prefers sentimentality to subtlety and cutesiness to complexity. Fortunately, Molina balances Port's precocity, bringing a welcome gravitas to this simply told tale.
- 60Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe film is clever in using a child to tease out the misunderstandings that arise between those on opposite sides, even when the river of emotions that should course through The Little Traitor sometimes runs dry.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterDespite this promising subject matter, the film runs out of steam two-thirds of the way through and becomes a sort of Palestinian "Porky's," ending with a fast-forward 30 years into the future that is confusing and abrupt.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe mix of mawkishness and polemic is naive. Children, though, will probably leave with a lot of good questions. A better movie would leave them with more.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceTerminally mild, ill-structured adaptation of Amos Oz's novel "Panther in the Basement."
- 40VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibSentimental and a bit too cute in evoking a child's-eye view, the picture, nevertheless will please its target Jewish auds.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA muddled morality tale more interested in coming of age than getting of wisdom.
- 20Time OutStephen GarrettTime OutStephen GarrettNumbingly simplistic in concept and execution.