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Munich (2005)

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Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 200
Fresh: 156 | Rotten: 44

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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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 16

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

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Tony Kushner, Eric Roth

May 9, 2006

$47.4M

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All Critics (213) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (162) | Rotten (44) | DVD (34)

It's a smart, mesmerizing and often angry film, from a truly confident filmmaker, but it remains, maddeningly, just beyond our grasp.

December 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
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Everything that keeps it from being lovable could be looked upon as a virtue, and everything about it is intentional.

December 27, 2005 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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Munich ricochets all over the place, but it hits its target dead-on.

December 27, 2005
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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.

December 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
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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.

December 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger
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It's a brutal, merciless, somber picture, utterly devoid of the heart-tugging sentimentality that always creeps into even his best films. It is also, unfortunately, timid when it should be bold and clunky when it should be eloquent.

December 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Miami Herald
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This punishing, borderline amoral picture is Spielberg at his most bleak, and most challenging. It refuses to pick sides and resonates in unsettling ways.

November 7, 2012 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine Australasia
Empire Magazine Australasia

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.

April 8, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net
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Spielberg described Munich as his 'prayer for peace,' yet his movie strangely lacks the eloquence and yearning of a prayer.

August 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Writer
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Laceratingly charged, thunderstriken virtually, by Spielberg's deeply felt moral analysis

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
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An utter masterpiece.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
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There's about an hour's worth of greatness in Munich.

August 25, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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Complex and powerful movie is for adults only.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment (1)
Common Sense Media

A longing for home is the central core to Spielberg's powerful dissertation.

April 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Projection Booth
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Munich is one of those rare films that transcends art and taps directly into the consciousness of a hate-battered world.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com
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... a worthy release that should definitely be part of everyone's collection.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
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Munich also succeeds where some of Spielberg's other films have not in its lack of his usual sentimentality.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
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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.

May 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine
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Muddled liberal Zionist politics. Even worse as a film.

December 15, 2006 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews
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Audience Reviews for Munich

A well-done, delicately constructed drama that has a very personal feel to it from director Steven Spielberg, concerning the Munich terrorist attack against Israelian athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games, where two were killed and nine others were injured. Israel, determined not to let this slide, quietly hires a skilled agent (Eric Bana) and a team to kill those responsible for this planned attack. While the film is certainly sprawling and aiming for that usual Spielbergian epic-scope it doesn't achieve overall, it is still a skillful effort from one of the best directors in the world. The moral crisis of the situation, answering violence with more violence, is handled very well. There are some scenes that feel out of place (notably one near the end combining the attack with a sex scene), but Bana's strong performance drives the film home. Not the best work Spielberg has done, but still a worthwhile effort.
July 20, 2007
Dan Schultz

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Whilst it's a bit too long for my liking, it's a great piece of cinema. I knew nothing about the real life event but now I certainly do (as long as it's mostly close to the truth). On their own, none of the characters are particularly likable, but somehow together I get a feeling of camaraderie and I want them to succeed. The attacks are always very tense and dramatic which helps you bond with the characters, especially with the little girl situation which is helped by the fantastic cast. Not a film for everyone but definitely worth a look for those with interests in history and film.
November 25, 2006
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    1. Ephraim: Some kitchen donkey thinks that there were two athletes murdered at Munich. But that doesn't make any sense.
    – Submitted by Jesse K (31 days ago)
    1. Avner: Listen Schultz, you clown, there were eleven Israeli athletes murdered at Munich. That's two hands plus one finger.
    – Submitted by Jesse K (31 days ago)
    1. Steve: I am the Jewish James Bond.
    – Submitted by Jesse K (32 days ago)
    1. Ephraim: We kill for our future. We kill for peace.
    – Submitted by Alex K (7 months ago)
    1. Avner: It will be beautiful.
    – Submitted by Alex K (7 months ago)
    1. Avner: There is no peace at the end of this.
    – Submitted by Alex K (7 months ago)

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