Rotten
The slow-building import nicely captures the macho, band-of-brothers bond. But that's the only spark this otherwise chilly and remote film has to offer.
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Overview
A member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.
Director and cast
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61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Policeman creates contrasts between families and surrogate families; patriarchy and maternity; truth and fiction; and sanctioned and unsanctioned aggression.
Ben Kenigsberg, AV Club
Rotten
Lapid's workmanlike direction illustrates his airless script efficiently, and sometimes engagingly, but unimaginatively. He has something to say; he shows very little.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh
Mr. Lapid, making an electrifying feature directing debut, traces the line between the group and the individual in a story that can be read as a commentary on the world as much as on Israel.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Fresh
A boldly conceived and bracingly told political drama.
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
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