Chicago Sun-Times
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8
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By Roger Ebert
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Feb 25, 2011
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The specifics of the plot in Ajami aren't as important as the impact of many sad moments that build up one after another. Hatred is like the weather. You don't agree with the rain but still you get wet.
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Washington Post
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8
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By Ann Hornaday
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Feb 25, 2011
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While its themes of revenge, mutual resentment and grim fatalism offer little hope for a ready solutions, the movie itself testifies to the power of creative collaboration in finding common ground.
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Chicago Reader
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8
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By Andrea Gronvall
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Feb 25, 2011
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Shani and Copti (who costars as a hipster druggie) elicit moving performances from their nonprofessional actors, who ground the somewhat breathless action in a streetwise realism.
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Los Angeles Times
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8
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By Kenneth Turan
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Feb 25, 2011
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It has a complex, elliptical structure that uses unconventional filming techniques to tell a bleak and fatalistic story conveyed with an unnerving sense of verisimilitude.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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8
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By Mick LaSalle
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Feb 25, 2011
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It's a film that rewards close attention, involving disparate characters whose lives intersect over the course of several chapters.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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8
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By Steven Rea
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Feb 25, 2011
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Ajami brings its audience into a world where the cultural conflict is fierce, emotions run high, yet the hopeful vision of peaceful coexistence shines through the cracks.
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Boston Globe
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9
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By Ty Burr
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Feb 25, 2011
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Good intentions are one thing, of course, and good writing and filmmaking another. Ajami is lucky to have all three.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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8
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By Colin Covert
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Feb 25, 2011
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Any given half-hour of the film has dramatic impact; at two hours, it's a power punch to the gut.
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Film.com
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8
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By Jonathan F. Richards
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Feb 25, 2011
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The fact that these two Israelis from opposite camps worked together to make this movie is as important as the movie itself.
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Globe and Mail
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8
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By Rick Groen
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Feb 25, 2011
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The performances are searingly intense, all delivered by non-professionals cast to type and extemporizing within the parameters of the script. They take the play out of acting, and the effect is unvarnished realism.
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