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A hard-hitting documentary with imagery as powerful as its message, The Cave poses heartbreakingly urgent questions -- and leaves them for the viewer to answer.
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It's still profoundly effective film-making, but feels less true. December 9, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's still profoundly effective film-making, but feels less true.
Kevin Maher
Like Ballour, it has a purpose: to focus the world's attention on the suffering of Syrian people. December 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Like Ballour, it has a purpose: to focus the world's attention on the suffering of Syrian people.
Cath Clarke
Manipulations in post-production slightly undermine material that is already dramatic enough. December 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Manipulations in post-production slightly undermine material that is already dramatic enough.
Matt Turner
A profile in courage under fire, The Cave sometimes relieves its enervating tension with occasional MASH-like interludes of levity: a surprise birthday party, some bickering over rice recipes, thoughtful drags on cigarettes. November 27, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A profile in courage under fire, The Cave sometimes relieves its enervating tension with occasional MASH-like interludes of levity: a surprise birthday party, some bickering over rice recipes, thoughtful drags on cigarettes.
Joshua Rothkopf
It's no surprise the film won the People's Choice Documentary Award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. November 3, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's no surprise the film won the People's Choice Documentary Award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Brad Wheeler
"The Cave" is a stark reminder of the toll of war, but also of the tenacity of the human spirit. God may not be watching, but we all should. October 31, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"The Cave" is a stark reminder of the toll of war, but also of the tenacity of the human spirit. God may not be watching, but we all should.
Peter Howell
...raw and painful to watch, contain scenes of arresting intimacy... February 7, 2020 | Full Review…
...raw and painful to watch, contain scenes of arresting intimacy...
Robert F. Worth
Such is the intensity of The Cave that the dramatic music of Matthew Herbert feels unnecessary. [Full review in Spanish] February 3, 2020 | Full Review…
Such is the intensity of The Cave that the dramatic music of Matthew Herbert feels unnecessary. [Full review in Spanish]
Leonardo Garcia Tsao
A triumph of both artistry and humanity, this powerful and topical documentary finds a harrowing new angle to the ongoing Syrian unrest. February 1, 2020 | Full Review…
A triumph of both artistry and humanity, this powerful and topical documentary finds a harrowing new angle to the ongoing Syrian unrest.
Todd Jorgenson
Isolated from their families, they sometimes break down and director Feras Fayyad (Last Men In Aleppo, 2017) knows just how to linger on those moments. January 30, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Isolated from their families, they sometimes break down and director Feras Fayyad (Last Men In Aleppo, 2017) knows just how to linger on those moments.
Alison de Souza
The Cave is an emergency call that shows, with respect, the suffering of civilians. [Full review in spanish] January 29, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Cave is an emergency call that shows, with respect, the suffering of civilians. [Full review in spanish]
Susana Guzman De la O
This film is even more wrenching than "For Sama," but Amani Ballour is an unforgettable figure. January 24, 2020 | Full Review…
This film is even more wrenching than "For Sama," but Amani Ballour is an unforgettable figure.
Loren King
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