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The Insult uses its familiar courtroom drama framework to deliver a hard-hitting statement on modern Middle Eastern politics that's as gripping as it is thought-provoking.
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Any sense of predictability is dispelled by the film's ending which triumphantly unites the political and the personal by crystallising their connection in two great performances. Aug 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Any sense of predictability is dispelled by the film's ending which triumphantly unites the political and the personal by crystallising their connection in two great performances.
Sandra Hall
"The Insult" is optimistic enough to leave the door open to hope. But it's also realistic enough to only leave it ajar. Feb 14, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"The Insult" is optimistic enough to leave the door open to hope. But it's also realistic enough to only leave it ajar.
Ty Burr
It shows that even in the most hostile of situations, with all of our prejudices in front of and behind us, we're still in this together. Feb 9, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It shows that even in the most hostile of situations, with all of our prejudices in front of and behind us, we're still in this together.
Adam Graham
... powerful new movie directed by Ziad Doueiri... Feb 2, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
... powerful new movie directed by Ziad Doueiri...
Peter Rainer
We may not be able to export democracy to the Middle East, but exporting Law & Order has been a piece of cake. Feb 1, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
We may not be able to export democracy to the Middle East, but exporting Law & Order has been a piece of cake.
J. R. Jones
"The Insult" drives the point home while offering insight into the Middle East conflict (it's at least part history lesson) by way of a riveting courtroom drama enhanced by terrific performances. Feb 1, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
"The Insult" drives the point home while offering insight into the Middle East conflict (it's at least part history lesson) by way of a riveting courtroom drama enhanced by terrific performances.
Bill Goodykoontz
As a character study and political piece, it's too scattershot to make an impact, but its quality when in court is undeniable - it's unpolished, but not a failure. Feb 28, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
As a character study and political piece, it's too scattershot to make an impact, but its quality when in court is undeniable - it's unpolished, but not a failure.
Jack Blackwell
Does an insult carry the same weight of a physical assault? Jan 18, 2019 | Full Review…
Does an insult carry the same weight of a physical assault?
Evan Dossey
While The Insult focuses on Lebanese history and cultural conflict, it is a story that will feel familiar to anyone whose country has a vivid and volatile divide. Nov 6, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
While The Insult focuses on Lebanese history and cultural conflict, it is a story that will feel familiar to anyone whose country has a vivid and volatile divide.
Kt Schaefer
"The insult shows enough sensitivity and intelligence so the cinephile can finish the movie, like his stubborn protagonists, with a minimum smile of understanding and complicity". Nov 5, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
"The insult shows enough sensitivity and intelligence so the cinephile can finish the movie, like his stubborn protagonists, with a minimum smile of understanding and complicity".
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The director's skill lies in how well he fleshes out the confrontation, letting us see Tony and Yasser as proud, fallible beings, not political cyphers. Oct 26, 2018 | Full Review…
The director's skill lies in how well he fleshes out the confrontation, letting us see Tony and Yasser as proud, fallible beings, not political cyphers.
John McDonald
... The Insult betrays good taste by succumbing to every eye-roll-inducing cliché imaginable Oct 22, 2018 | Full Review…
... The Insult betrays good taste by succumbing to every eye-roll-inducing cliché imaginable
Daniel Nava
A slowly absorbing courtroom drama that could have been a bit more well polished, especially considering the way it tries to force our sympathy towards the two characters, but I do love how it shows that a personal conflict can reveal so much about something more complex than it seems.
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