Formulaic film recounts the tumultuous birth of Israel.
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Variety
Variety
Features some first-rate cinematography and solid acting, but absolutely no sense of emotional boundaries.
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Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
What is evident from the film is that there was never any chance these two peoples could make a peaceful coexistence.
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe
Alas, it aspires to be an epic drama but suffers from an acute identity crisis: It can't decide if it wants to be history, drama, or a cry for peace in the Mideast.
As a pocket history of the battles over Jerusalem in the ’40s, O Jerusalem is serviceable enough. But all the melodrama cheapens the real drama, and turns a war-torn region into a soap-opera stage.
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Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
This bloated 2006 historical epic flatlines early and never regains a pulse.