Trembling Before G-d
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66 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma -- how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality. (Simcha Leib Productions)… Collapse

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: David Ehrenstein
    90
    Deeply moving and exceptionally gracious piece of documentary filmmaking.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    This is a brave, groundbreaking film.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    60
    By the end of Trembling Before G_d, you desperately wish that at least some of DuBowski's subjects would see the light.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    It's unfortunate that the people DuBowski profiles tend to be self-indulgent or otherwise unappealing. It's still more unfortunate that the film focuses more on relatively easy issues of acceptance.

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