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  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, The Human Factor is the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of pulling off the impossible – securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.

Directed By: Dror Moreh

Written By: Oron Adar, Dror Moreh

  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 46 m

The Human Factor

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, The Human Factor is the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of pulling off the impossible – securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.

Directed By: Dror Moreh

Written By: Oron Adar, Dror Moreh

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100
May 4, 2021
As the title of the film suggests, it tells a story involving as much human drama as geopolitical maneuvering. It’s a story of personalities and, at times, the fragile male ego.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
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May 7, 2021
The Human Factor is as much about modern day America as it about Israel and Palestine, and how much we have to lose when we give into the easy temptation of demonizing those who think differently—even if it’s as a result of listening to Tucker Carlson.
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
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May 18, 2021
Fans of The West Wing will really dig it. Director Dror Moreh rarely lets the news headlines intrude on the backstage bartering.
By Chris Waywell FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 4, 2021
Moreh’s approach creates a surprisingly comprehensive, if (by design) one-sided, American-centric view of the peace process. Interviews and archival materials have a means of immersing us in the backroom discussion.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW
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May 4, 2021
From the blow-by-blow ticktock of the efforts of Secretary of State James Baker during Bush the elder’s administration to Bill Clinton’s failed Camp David summit, they push The Human Factor into surprisingly suspenseful territory, even if we all know how it ends.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
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Jan 21, 2021
The Human Factor presents a cogent and involving view of the Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, mainly from 1991 until the end of Bill Clinton’s first term, told through the recollections of United States negotiators charged with brokering a peace.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
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Jan 21, 2021
Moreh offers no analysis — an especially unfortunate stance given explosive feelings and wildly variable interpretations of events. Finally, the film pushes the deeply disquieting assumption that the United States knows what’s best for those troublesome people in the Middle East, whose tantrums kiboshed all the hard work and emotional investment put in by the sainted Americans.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Rise Films, DMP Films, Dror Moreh Productions, Slutzky Communication
Release Date Jan 22, 2021
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating PG-13
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Website https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/thehumanfactor/
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Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Jerusalem Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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