Long, confused, boring but well acted

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2006)

I found this film unnecessarily long (2 3/4 hours)which made me wish that I could have edited it. I could have cut at least an hour out without damaging it in any way. The flashbacks were choppy and in some cases unintelligible. More time should have been given to the actual massacre up front and the flashbacks would have been unnecessary. The picture felt very propagandistic to me and I can see why Spielberg was accused of being anti-Israel.
I will say however that the acting was excellent and the use of lesser known actors was effective. Somehow, I could not have seen Tom Cruise taking the part of Avner. I would give this film 2 stars at best.