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Munich (2005)
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Critic Consensus: Munich can't quite achieve its lofty goals, but this thrilling, politically even-handed look at the fallout from an intractable political conflict is still well worth watching.
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Cast
as Avner
as Steve
as Carl
as Robert
as Ephraim
as Hans
as Daphna
as Avner's Mother
as Papa
as Louis
as Andreas
as Sylvie
as Yvonne
as Ali
as Jeanette
as Tony
as Hussein Abad Al-Chir
as General Zamir
as Golda Meir
as General Yariv
as Mike Harari
as Attorney General Meir Shamgar
as Minister
as Minister
as Belligerent American
as General Nadev
as Guard
as General Hofi
as Commando
as Mossad Accountant
as Israeli Soldier with Zamir
as Wael Zwaiter
as Mahmoud Hamshari
as Marie Claude Hamshari
as Amina Hamshari
as Hussein Abad Al-Chir
as Newlywed Man
as Newlywed Bride
as Zaid Muchassi
as Abu Youssef
as Kemal Adwan
as Kamal Nasser
as Adwan's Wife
as Ehud Barak
as Commando
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Critic Reviews for Munich
All Critics (205) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (158) | Rotten (47) | DVD (13)
It's a smart, mesmerizing and often angry film, from a truly confident filmmaker, but it remains, maddeningly, just beyond our grasp.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Munich
Some Jewish guys volunteer to assassinate the Arabs responsible for planning the kidnapping of the Jewish Olympic team. Spielberg borrows heavily from The Conversation, moralizes some, and falls into typical Spielbergian emoting by the end of it. This is the work so highly regarded? Or is it the political sympathies? Better to see the aforementioned film.
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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.
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Munich Quotes
| Avner: | There is no peace at the end of this, no matter what you believe. |
| Avner: | She's frightening ugly. |
| Avner: | She's frighteningly ugly. |
| Daphna: | She takes after you. |
| Avner's Mother: | I'm proud of what are you doing. |
| Avner's Mother: | I'm proud of what you are doing. |
| Avner: | You don't know what I am doing. |