Review of The Green Prince (2014) by Janos F — 26 Jan 2015

The Green Prince works solely based on the two men it covers. The more it delves into the specifics of all of Mosab's activities as in informant, the less I was interested. Not that it wasn't interesting material they were covering, but it wasn't what I cared about. There's an interesting narrative here about two men who are using their relationship, respectively for their own needs, but eventually they learn to care about each other deeply.

When director Nadav Schirman focuses on this, the film is actually incredibly interesting, especially with all of the intelligence missions as a backdrop. But when the missions take on the focus, the film feels like it's losing itself in the sensational parts of the story. The Green Prince is a really interesting documentary about how lives can be changed, the truth can be found, and relationships can be built when we open ourselves to one another. Definitely worth checking out.