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- 2014
- Not Rated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 38 m
Summary A tense, gripping thriller about betrayal, suspected and real, in the Occupied Territories. Omar (Adam Bakri) is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girl Nadja (Leem Lubany). By night, he’s either a freedom fighter or a terrorist—you decide—ready to risk his life to strike at the Israeli ...
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 38 m
Omar
75
7.1
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Summary A tense, gripping thriller about betrayal, suspected and real, in the Occupied Territories. Omar (Adam Bakri) is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girl Nadja (Leem Lubany). By night, he’s either a freedom fighter or a terrorist—you decide—ready to risk his life to strike at the Israeli ...
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
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18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
75
82% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
18% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This is political cinema at its best; intelligent, thought-provoking and utterly absorbing. Bakri is a star in the making and delivers an electrifying performance.
Omar is a thriller and a romance, with unabashedly melodramatic elements (there's even a love triangle), all of which are brought into stark relief by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
7.1
76% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
10% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
7.1
76% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
10% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
"Omar" has one of the most believable performances I've ever seen on the big screen. The whole story is breathtaking, the cinematography, being able to catch with the hit and run scenes is terrific. Everything in this film is beautifully crafted, although it is not a perfect movie, it is near one, it is a charming love story, thus I highly recommend it.
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What happens when Omar is outside the prison walls, and how his world and his relationships are reshaped by the realities of broken trust and betrayal, make for gripping and heartbreaking watching.
A cast of mostly first-time actors shade the film with a touching realism. Bakri offers a masterful performance, portraying Omar as kind and easygoing while also tamping down those traits in an atmosphere of suspicion and betrayal.
Omar eventually becomes a sun-scorched neo-noir — and the fade-out is an unforgettable jolter.
The movie grips us partly because Bakri’s performance is alternately casual and calculated.
the movie comes perilously close to implicitly justifying the killing that sparked the plot - a killing, by the way, that is close to senseless.
One of my favorite films of this young year. The young actors are excellent, and the actor who plays the Israeli officer/agent is terrific. The story pulses with action and romantic intrigue. I found it a touch confusing at the outset exactly which side of the wall Omar is on at a given time, and I felt I was playing catch-up a bit, but as the story of this group of friends develops, things become clear. The suspense is maintained until the credits roll. It's great to be able to turn to quality foreign films like this one during the first quarter of the year when Hollywood typically churns out its modest slate.
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El añejo conflicto de Medio Oriente narrado de un modo natural, sin prejuicios, en el que se nota que sus personajes son afectados por igual manera, sin posibilidades de una salida fácil y justa, con un final tal vez no esperado pero cataclismico.
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This Oscar contending movie is a combination of a love story and a thriller with a good doze of anti-Israeli propaganda which, sadly, is typical for almost any Palestinian movie.
Putting ideological message aside, I would say that the movie is directed and filmed very well, and acting (especially of the main character, Omar) is impressive. My biggest rant about this movie is its script. I cannot envision a good movie without a good script. The script here lacks depth, close to the end it becomes overly twisted and melodramatic.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Dubai International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations