Natalie Portman,
Hanna Laslo,
Hiam Abbass,
Carmen Maura,
Makram Khoury
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A Jewish-American woman still reeling from her breakup with her Spanish-Israeli fiancée hits the road with a middle-aged Israeli woman, who is looking to collect the 30,000-dollar debt owed to her by ... read more
DVD Release Date: May 29, 2007
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December 20, 2007[font=Century Gothic]"Free Zone" starts with American tourist Rebecca(Natalie Portman) hysterically crying in the backseat of a taxi in Jerusalem. The driver, Hanna(Hanna Laslo), wants to know where she wants to go because she has an appointment in Jordan. Rebecca figures that ... read more
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November 22, 2008Natalie's my girl, but I couldn't do much with this film. I should have known when the film opened with 9 minutes of a close up on Natalie crying, and never really explained why.
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March 4, 2008A movie that surprised me...with a WTF! Strong opening with Natalie Portman sitting in the cab. It had a focus, but the plot just dragged along left me with confusion and disappointment. It was very cool to see the two sides of Israel and to see Natalie's great performance though.
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April 5, 2006This one sounds interesting. Don't know if I would pay money to see it in the movie theater, I might just rent it.
Critic Reviews
July 7, 2006
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
June 30, 2006
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
The movie -- a metaphor for the tangled, impossible state of Israeli/Palestinian relations -- only intermittently clicks.
June 2, 2006
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Without fail, Gitai's determination to churn everything into metaphoric mud prevails. Full Review
June 2, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Too slight as a metaphor for the larger catastrophe of the Mideast, too preachy to work as an emotionally compelling drama. Full Review
June 2, 2006
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
Much of the dialogue is didactic and pedantic. And when not didactic and pedantic, it's plodding and dull. Full Review
May 4, 2006
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
The message is made clear within the first 10 minutes, leaving us with about 80 minutes of thematic repetition. Full Review
April 12, 2006
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
[A] fractious film from thorny filmmaker Amos Gitai. Full Review
April 7, 2006
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Free Zone suffers from too-much-information syndrome, stalling out now and again from its tangled narrative wiring and an overload of emotional freight. Full Review
April 7, 2006
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
It's a nice crying jag by Natalie Portman, but there's not much else here to recommend. Full Review
April 7, 2006
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
The film is diluted by the use of flashbacks superimposed over present-time scenes. The result is visual chaos.
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