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Golda's Balcony (2007)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:12
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.8/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 10, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: GOLDA'S BALCONY is a riveting portrait of one of the great women of our time. GOLDA’S BALCONY is the latest work from Tony Award-winning playwright WILLIAM GIBSON (The Miracle Worker, Two For... [More]
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11/19/07
Top Critic[An] excellent adaptation of William Gibson’s stage play.
10/18/07
Jeremy Kagan's green-screen filmization, in its over-busy editing, ever-changing angles and constantly shifting backdrops, strips the play of its starkness, leaving disproportionate schmaltz and propaganda.
10/16/07
Top CriticFortunately, no amount of optical wizardry and quick-change trickery can disguise the fundamental power of Harper's performance, a revelatory turn that's transformative in every sense of the term.
10/12/07
Though, for today's movie-going audience, Golda's Balcony may have limited appeal, it's a moving and vital story with many satisfying moments.
10/12/07
Golda's Balcony makes one yearn for Ingrid Bergman's portrayal of Meir in the 1982 TV biopic A Woman Called Golda.
10/12/07
Top CriticWe chart the growth of a woman and a country at the same time, a tough assignment that Harper tackles with humor and passion (even if her Kissinger impersonation could use a little work).
10/12/07
Top CriticA good performance of a landmark Broadway play will barely be enough to bring audiences to this one. But the history alone is worth the price of admission.
10/12/07
The big question is whether Harper's one-woman film creates a memorable character out of a woman with whom many audiences will be very familiar. The answer has to be no.
10/11/07
Top CriticHarper's Meir speaks softly and carries a big shtick.
10/11/07
Meir needed her wars to appear defensive; sadly, in this ill-considered exercise, the filmmakers commit an indubitably offensive act.
10/11/07
What happens when idealism becomes power? That question is the driving force of Jeremy Kagan’s inert yet strangely compelling film Golda’s Balcony.
10/10/07
Top CriticThe whole shebang would be nothing without the strength of its sole performer. Fortunately, Harper sustains the play without fail.
10/10/07
One of many recent works that represent the ripples cast outward from the dialogue begun in Steven Spielberg's masterful Munich.
10/09/07
Not only is this poignant portrait of Golda Meir riveting and powerful, it also reminds and enlightens us about the origins of the current Middle East conflict.
10/09/07
This shamelessly uncritical view of Golda, her world perspective, and the period of Middle Eastern history over which she presided as a major player, confuses the protagonist's point of view with the reality. Grandmother or godfather?
10/08/07
In a film equivalent of the one-woman show, Harper gives a riveting perfromance as Golda, Israel's beloved politician, while also playing scores of characters, from the stern Kissinger to the womanizing Moshe Dayan (does he remove his eye patch in bed?)
10/01/07
Powerful and well-acted even if there are stylistic glitches in the presentation.
09/09/07
Remarkable performance by Valerie Harper in this one-woman show from the Broadway play focusing on Israel's former Prime Minister, Golda Meir's, critical decisions during the 1973 mid-East war.
09/08/07
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October 14, 2007:
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