Rotten
Well-intentioned but philosophically timid, For My Father wants to meditate on the moral reshuffling that can accompany imminent death.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Overview
Two outcasts, a suicide bomber and an Israeli girl, fall in love during a desperate weekend in Tel Aviv.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For My Father is a rarity indeed: A sweet, sentimental movie about a suicide bomber.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
Likable but insubstantial.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Rotten
Israel seems to have its own form of prestige cinema, where tortured suicide bombers and rending intergenerational conflict signal what period costumes and booming accents might to American viewers.
Michelle Orange, Village Voice
Fresh
Nominated for seven Israeli Academy Awards in 2008, the movie takes a completely apolitical look at the lives of its three main characters, focusing not on their differences but on how, in a way, they are trapped by their cultures.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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