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Movie Info

Archaeologist Jodi Magness travels through the city gaining unprecedented access to holy sites and its vast underground network to unravel some of Jerusalem's greatest mysteries.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Daniel Ferguson
Producer:

Taran Davies, George Duffield, Daniel Ferguson
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 20, 2013 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$8.0M
Runtime:

42m
Aspect Ratio:

1.43:1

Cast & Crew

Benedict Cumberbatch
Narrator

Daniel Ferguson
Director

Taran Davies
Producer

George Duffield
Producer

Daniel Ferguson
Producer

Jake Eberts
Executive Producer

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Critic Reviews for Jerusalem

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (1)

Magnificently scenic but fatally bland ...

March 21, 2015 | Full Review…

Ella Taylor
Variety
The film effectively answers why this one place, not even a square kilometre in size, is such prime religious real estate, but it barely gestures toward the blood that has been paid for it.

March 11, 2014 | Rating: 3/5

Radheyan Simonpillai
NOW Toronto
You can all but feel the heat of blazing candles in the Orthodox pre-Easter ritual of the Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the most impressive scene in a dazzling film.

March 6, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
The film is at its most moving, paradoxically, when the camera gets down to street level, seeming to squeeze, for example, into a small shop in the walled Old City, where two men play backgammon amid claustrophobically over-hung racks of trinkets.

November 22, 2013 | Full Review…

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
Laudable for turning armchair tourism into a breathtaking experience - a viewer can truly feel as if he or she has gone inside a number of fantastic, ancient places.

September 26, 2013 | Rating: 3/4

Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
This IMAX spectacular largely does what it's supposed to: fascinate, educate, and visually wow the audience, in 45 minutes or less.

September 19, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Ethan Gilsdorf
Boston Globe
Benedict Cumberbatch narrates with effortless authority but it's the personal stories of three attractive young women, present day inhabitants representing the three faiths, which make this a moving and vital production.

January 16, 2014 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Henry Fitzherbert
Daily Express (UK)
You don't just go to Jerusalem. You experience Jerusalem. Those are the words of the director of this phenomenal documentary.

November 13, 2013 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
The film unearths some of this history as well, even if at times it feels like a quick course in comparative religion. Its message is familiar -- let's all try to get along -- but the views are remarkable.

September 27, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Jay Stone
Canada.com