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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. Scott5 Broken Cameras deserves to be appreciated for the lyrical delicacy of his voice and the precision of his eye. That it is almost possible to look at the film this way - to foresee a time when it might be understood, above all, as a film - may be the only concrete hope Mr. Burnat and Mr. Davidi have to offer.
- 80Village VoiceElla TaylorVillage VoiceElla TaylorWhat makes 5 Broken Cameras stand out is its insistence on nuance and its refusal to get caught up in the self-defeating war of words over who is the bigger victim.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe result is uniquely powerful, putting faces and human consequences to a political dispute that seemingly will never end.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThere has to be room for this kind of plea, especially a work that, obliquely, captures so many largely unreported details: the night raids rounding up children, the torn-up olive trees and kids' soccer games in the battle zone.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe documentary provides a birdsong of perseverance in the face of irrational violence, immense historic anger, and grim, seemingly insurmountable realities.
- That intertwining of Burnat's home life and his political one make 5 Broken Cameras an unusual, moving work about a much-explored topic.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe issues are complex and not easily solved. But no matter which side you are on, you'll be moved by this intimate work.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoThe film's sense of intimacy, its closeness to real people and painful events, allows it to reach a deeper place than more conventional pieces of political rhetoric.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyBoth a moving first-person essay and an artful exercise in political advocacy, 5 Broken Cameras is about the experience of West Bank protests from the inside.
- 50VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinAn undeniably powerful record of the Palestinian village of Bil'in's course of civil disobedience from 2005 to the present...the pic is also shamelessly sentimental and manipulative in its construction.