The Holy Land
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Metascore
58 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: A story of doomed, passionate love and coming of age in troubled times The Holy Land explores the underbelly of real life in Jerusalem after the sun goes down and the tourists and Orthodox families go to sleep. (CAVU Pictures)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    80
    One of its great strengths lies in its surprising universality.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    The acting and directing are uneven, but many scenes have strong emotional and political power.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    The film is really a timely critique of the ongoing insanity that has engulfed Israeli life.
  4. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    30
    Small, amateurish Israeli feature.

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