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Walk on Water (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 73 Fresh: 53  Rotten:20 Average Rating: 6.5/10
 
Consensus: Politically complex and ambitious, Walk on Water delivers a memorable story of guilt, revenge, and human connectivity.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Theatrical Release: Mar 4, 2005 Limited

Box Office: $2,517,647

Synopsis: Eytan Fox's follow-up to his acclaimed YOSSI & JAGGER is a profound, multilayered drama hidden in the guise of a genre picture. Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi of LATE MARRIAGE) is a successful Mossad special agent whose heartlessness makes him an exceptional hit man. It also hinders his ability to... Eytan Fox's follow-up to his acclaimed YOSSI & JAGGER is a profound, multilayered drama hidden in the guise of a genre picture. Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi of LATE MARRIAGE) is a successful Mossad special agent whose heartlessness makes him an exceptional hit man. It also hinders his ability to connect with those closest to him. When his wife commits suicide, Eyal is thrown into a mental tailspin. His latest assignment finds him playing tour guide for two German siblings whose Nazi grandfather may or may not still be alive. Pia (Carolina Peters) has left her homeland and family out of shame for what her grandfather did, while Alex (Knut Berger) is an easygoing liberal whose open-mindedness bothers Eyal. Without realizing it, Eyal finds himself forming a close bond with Pia and Alex, until he realizes that Alex is gay. After a bitter farewell, Eyal manages to swallow his pride and visit Alex in Berlin, where he confronts his family's own awful past. In the process, the mystery surrounding Alex's criminal grandfather is revealed. WALK ON WATER is a difficult film to categorize, addressing several major issues at once (homophobia, guilt, reconciliation with the past, politics, and more). Despite its complexity, Gal Uchovsky's assured script and Fox's sure-handed direction keep it together. Ashkenazi, Peters, and Berger also add greatly to the film, effortlessly inhabiting their characters and making them heartbreakingly three-dimensional figures. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Lior Loui Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Eyal Rozzales

Director: Eytan Fox
Screenwriter: Gal Uchovsky
Producer: Amir Harel
Composer: Ivri Lider

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 30, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - Hebrew
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

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The negotiation of each character's burdensome collective history as they try to figure out how to proceed into a more rational future, makes for engaging and articulate multinational storytelling.

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Israeli filmmaker Fox and his cast create vivid, recognisable characters who dare to grapple with untouchable topics.

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06/24/05
Anton Bitel
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An entertaining, sensitive thriller highlighted by Lior Ashkenazi, a babe magnet if there ever was one, that only falls apart with its simplistic, feel-good climax.

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Tony Medley
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Fast moving and intelligent enough to hold the interest of anyone with a marginal understanding of politics and history.

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Forrest Hartman
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An ambitious film, wrapped inside the package of a thriller, that delivers on most — if not all — of its lofty aspirations.

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Jeffrey Bruner
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Most definitely, there's something happening here.

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Phil Villarreal
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It’s essentially a personal drama, but the fact that it plays out within the barest framework of a genre thriller gives it a weird, appealing edge.

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Rob Thomas
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It’s essentially a personal drama, but the fact that it plays out within the barest framework of a genre thriller gives it a weird, appealing edge.

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Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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Ashkenazi ... (is) believable as an instrument of crude justice, a good soldier who's only just beginning to question his orders.

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06/03/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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In spite of the string of false notes struck at the close, Walk on Water leaves you with much to admire and to ponder, including a trio of fine performances.

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06/02/05
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)
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As frustrating and overbearing as parts of the film are, the inability to pin it down completely does makes it all the more watchable.

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05/27/05
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