Walk on Water Reviews
Long Island Press
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.
Shadows on the Wall
Israeli filmmaker Fox and his cast create vivid, recognisable characters who dare to grapple with untouchable topics.
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| Original Score: 4/5
tonymedley.com
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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| Original Score: 8/10
Reno Gazette-Journal
Fast moving and intelligent enough to hold the interest of anyone with a marginal understanding of politics and history.
| Original Score: 3/4
Des Moines Register
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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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Arizona Daily Star
Most definitely, there's something happening here.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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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| Original Score: A-
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)
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.
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Salt Lake Tribune
What holds all the divisions of Walk on Water, and the rest of Fox's ambitious but slightly far-flung agenda, together is Ashkenazi's stirring performance.
| Original Score: 3.5/4
Top Critic
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The history of this film sparkles with fresh thinking.
| Original Score: 3/4
Charlotte Observer
The picture takes a satisfyingly long time revealing secrets.
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| Original Score: 3/4
The film deals with many serious issues, some of them only superficially, but Fox places them all in the context of the growing friendship between the two opposites.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
