This purplishly written and amateurishly acted piece makes a mockery of Arab-Israeli relations by using them as a basis for exotic eroticism.
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08/05/05
God's Sandbox (2002)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:3
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.2/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 29, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Liz, a successful author arrives at a beach in the magical Sinai Desert in search of her daughter Rachel who ran away. Liz decides to stay at the beach despite her daughter's objections and meets... [More]
Starring: Orly Perl, Meital Dohan, Juliano Merr, Razia Israeli
Director: Doron Eran
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Reviews for God's Sandbox
1 - 8 (sorted by rotten rating)
Plays as much like a sun-baked edition of Red Shoe Diaries gone horribly wrong as the social protest item makers intended.
07/28/05
Eran doesn’t seem to know, or care much, whether he's making feminist agitprop or softcore porn. The two don't mix well.
07/28/05
The film falls into a melodramatic and soapy love story that makes you cringe as much as the horrific scenes of the brutal circumcision.
11/18/05
The lovers' seduction in the sand borders on laughable soft porn.
07/14/05
Top CriticA fairly well-made film, reasonably directed by Eran, and it is a plea for women's rights as the Middle East gradually transitions from a tradition-bound society to a modern one.
08/19/05
With his third feature, Eran proves a skilled director of actors but still has much to learn about how to shape a picture and sharpen details that will give his work more clarity and meaning.
07/28/05
Top CriticGod's Sandbox is well-shot and well-filmed, somewhat over-acted, and interesting primarily because it goes so crazily off the rails, both romantically and politically.
12/15/05
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