The best this year

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2005)

This film deserves to be seen. Eric Bana is amazing, his entire demeanor morphing before one's eyes during the course of the movie. And because it is a riveting film with a talented cast it seems shorter than its 2 hour and 44 minute actual length.
The movie is fair,fair, fair to both sides of the argument because surely, there are no easy answers. Both the Palestinians and the Jews are sincere and true to their respective cultures (their religions do not play a significant role in the film) and logical in their reasonings and yet both can be immoral and brutal in their methods. Thanks to Spielberg and the excellent screenwriters, this film offers us both sides of the most complex Semitic, geographic, and, ultimately, religious dilemma in the history of the modern world. And, thankfully, it never preaches.
Bravo Spielberg, and congratulations for choosing an excellent cast. Kudos to the cinematographer as well.