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Steven Spielberg's examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the aftermath of the Munich assassinations is politically even-handed and cinematically visceral.
Average Rating: 6.8/10
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Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 15
Steven Spielberg's examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the aftermath of the Munich assassinations is politically even-handed and cinematically visceral.
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Much as Steven Spielberg followed 1993's special-effects blockbuster Jurassic Park with a far more downbeat and personal project later the same year, Schindler's List, in 2005 after tearing up the box office with War of the Worlds the director closed out the year with a powerful and thoughtful drama about the human costs of international terrorism. The 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, were supposed to be a peaceful gathering of outstanding athletes from around the world, but on September 5, the
Dec 23, 2005 Wide
May 9, 2006
$47.4M
Universal Pictures
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Everything that keeps it from being lovable could be looked upon as a virtue, and everything about it is intentional.
Munich ricochets all over the place, but it hits its target dead-on.
Like the superior Syriana, this isn't a Middle Eastern tale that offers much hope. It's just bloodstained history. And if we don't remember that history, Spielberg says, we learn nothing.
The ultimate problem with Munich is that it's looking for a clear-cut answer that doesn't exist. And while it frames its final act as an argument, it's an argument it's having with itself.
The failure of a movie that is so good in so many ways leaves me to wonder if Spielberg is up to this kind of complex, multitasking story.
Across the board, the film's performances are sinewy and tough, elastic enough to bend with misgivings.
Munich is an important story to be sure but an important movie isn't the same as a great one. It's told in such a muddled way the message is easily lost, except for the moments when it is hammered home at the cost of story-telling believability.
Spielberg described Munich as his 'prayer for peace,' yet his movie strangely lacks the eloquence and yearning of a prayer.
Laceratingly charged, thunderstriken virtually, by Spielberg's deeply felt moral analysis
There's about an hour's worth of greatness in Munich.
Complex and powerful movie is for adults only.
A longing for home is the central core to Spielberg's powerful dissertation.
Munich is one of those rare films that transcends art and taps directly into the consciousness of a hate-battered world.
... a worthy release that should definitely be part of everyone's collection.
Munich also succeeds where some of Spielberg's other films have not in its lack of his usual sentimentality.
Ever so subtly, Spielberg masterfully conveys the toll which the inordinate tension of their job and the mechanics of their methods take on his subjects' souls.
Muddled liberal Zionist politics. Even worse as a film.
An excellent movie! A little slow, but once the story and background information develops, it is worth the time because you're attached. I highly recommend this film!
August 5, 2010Super Reviewer
Munich is not only a genius film, it is the kind of film that makes me proud to be a Spielberg fan. The 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, were supposed to be a peaceful gathering of outstanding athletes from around the world, but on September 5, the games took a sinister turn when eight masked Palestinian terrorists
March 3, 2011
Super Reviewer
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