Review of Zaytoun (2012) by Paul D — 08 Jul 2015

It was a good story... just not realistic...

This review of Zaytoun (2012) was written by Paul D on 08 Jul 2015.

Zaytoun has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 29 Sep 2013

never strikes the right balance of comedy and melodrama, and winds up trivializing the plight of his characters in the process…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 10 Oct 2013

Visually operatic street scenes, panoply of characters, Dorff brusque to paternal, talented ensemble of Palestinian/Israeli-Arab actors [make]…

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By Jason T (1,311) on 15 Apr 2013

Good story and performances but the movie really starts to drag in the third act. Script could have been a little better…

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By Chris M (3,023) on 09 Oct 2012

1982. Fahed é um garoto palestino que vive em um campo de refugiados no Líbano…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 27 Dec 2012

These characters never really existed, we feel, in any place/time except Wish Fulfilment Land…

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By Derek Malcolm (772) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 04 Jan 2013

By suggesting, perhaps too hopefully, that even the most deeply held prejudices can be broken by individual decency, the story has its heart…

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By Max R (112) on 19 Sep 2013

This is a film that touches you in your soul and stays with you, keeping you thinking and feeling…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 11 Sep 2013

The spiritual journey of a Palestinian teenager from a refugee camp in Beirut in 1982 and an Israeli pilot captured by the PLO…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 26 Dec 2012

Politically a little watered-down, but the performances are strong enough to make it linger in the memory…

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By Brian Pendreigh (23) for Radio Times (2,421) on 27 Dec 2012

El Akal delivers a winning wide-eyed performance as Fahed that more than compensates for [its] shortcomings…

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