The Divine Intervention of the title lies somewhere between hope and fantasy. In a world in which Santa Claus is assaulted in Nazareth, what do you have left?
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
About the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it treats war as a cosmic joke and its participants as hapless but recognizably human clowns.
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A movie of long, expressive silences, Divine Intervention articulates things that have never been articulated, at least on the screen.
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Washington PostDesson Thomson
A one-of-a-kind experience, a Molotov cocktail of a seriocomedy.
80
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
Sly and corrosively funny political black comedy.
80
Film Threat
Film Threat
Wonderfully effective, funny and yet horrific film.
80
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Antic, puzzling and disturbing film.
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A mordant and bleak comedy, almost without dialogue, about Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The Academy accepts submissions only from real countries, and Palestine isn't one. This is as good a joke, and as dark, as anything in the movie.
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Suleiman isn't much for words, but when he's ready for action, there's no hiding his anger.