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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Gitai’s personal knowledge of his people and their deep-rooted issues lends West Of The Jordan River a powerful intimacy.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonClearly weighted towards Gitai's own liberal political stance, but incorporating a range of other views too, West of the Jordan River is a dry and sometimes depressing film, but informative and humane too.
- 60The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThrough interviews with Israeli politicians, and Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank, West of the Jordan River gives voice to peace-seeking residents on both sides of the conflict.
- 60Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonWall Street JournalJohn AndersonThere’s a weariness to West of the Jordan River, both in the storytelling and the face of Amos Gitai.
- 50Slant MagazineOleg IvanovSlant MagazineOleg IvanovAmos Gitai regularly takes incidents and anecdotes out of context, making it difficult for viewers who lack intimate knowledge of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to follow the proceedings.
- 50RogerEbert.comVikram MurthiRogerEbert.comVikram MurthiWest of the Jordan River works best when Gitai involves himself in the interviews. Gitai is a compelling screen presence—empathetic and patient, but also skeptical and necessarily forceful.
- 40Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsThe maddeningly unfocused Israeli documentary West of the Jordan River doesn’t reveal anything insightful about Gaza settlers’ reasons for either supporting or rejecting a two-state solution.