The Band's Visit
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Movie Reviews of The Band's Visit
Movie Review: A charming Middle-Eastern art film
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Band's Visit" is a charming, gentle, low-key art film telling the tale of a touring Egyptian police band that finds itself stranded in a podunk town in the Israeli desert. Short on cash and having missed the last bus of the days, the forlorn Egyptians are forced to rely on the kindness of strangers -- in this case, the same Israelis who they have recently been at war with. But the Israelis are every bit as forlorn as the Egyptians -- everybody's a little bit broken inside, struggling with the same little lonelinesses and discarded hopes. The two groups don't entirely bridge their cultural gap, but they come pretty close. This is a very deliberate, quiet film -- some may find the pacing a bit glacial, but it certainly pays of in the end. Definitely worth checking out! (Joe Sixpack, Slipcue film reviews)Movie Review: Napoleon Dynamite, Tel Aviv style!
Summary: 5 Stars
Members of an Egyptian police get lost and end up in the wrong town in Israel, instead of the town where they are supposed to perform for a ceremony at the Arab arts center. The members spend the night in that town but didn't have the right currency to go to a hotel. An Israeli woman who owns a tiny restaurant offers that some spend the night at her place and some at a friends' house.
Despite the history of animosity between Arabs and Israelis, the members of the band find themselves opening to their new friends and finding a mutual bond as humans without the expected baggage. Nice simple stories with a new kind of comedy are told in this movie; in a way that isn't typical in Israeli or Palestinian movies. Watch and discover each character in this wonderful movie, it is worth it.
Movie Review: A Quiet Gem of a Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this dvd on amazon for $1.50 (used) after seeing the previews on my Moliere dvd. I was not disappointed for purchasing this lovely film. I found it very quiet, perhaps a bit slow, but humorous, sweet and charmingly poignant. I loved the scene where Dina describes to Tewfiq the imagined children playing and the sea while sitting on a park bench outside a restaurant. And her smile when Tewfiq raises his arms to "conduct" and she follows along.
The characters are lonely misfits perhaps, but a wonderful story is quietly told.
I watched it twice then gave it to a friend who enjoys foreign films and I'm waiting to hear what she tought of it. Very enjoyable.
Movie Review: One of the best
Summary: 5 Stars
I just love this movie! It's about real people, comic and tragic, getting by in their lives and not, for once, directly about the Israel/Palestine problem. It is beautifully composed without being distractingly arty. There is one laugh out loud sequence and a lot of quiet humour in this brief encounter.Movie Review: pure MAGIC!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this film on a plane to Israel.
In three words: I WAS MESMERIZED!
It was a pure Magic! I even didn't know the name of the movie until it ended.
Brilliant Creation! Deserves OSCARS in every single category!