7 Days in Entebbe

PG-13

Released Mar 16, 2018

1 hr. 47 min.

Mystery & Thriller

History

Drama

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In July 1976, four terrorists hijack an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris and force the flight crew to land in Entebbe, Uganda. There, the Jewish passengers are held hostage, with their safety contingent on the release of dozens of terrorists jailed in Israel, Germany and Sweden. After considerable debate, the Israeli government employs the Israeli Defense Forces to execute a daring rescue.

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Critics Consensus

7 Days in Entebbe has a worthy story to tell, but loses sight of its most compelling elements in a dull dramatization of riveting real-life events.

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Dru S

Amazing, harrowing feat no one would believe Israel would ever be able to do this!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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Jack L

The decision to tell this story squarely from the terrorists' perspective unfortunately robs this film of any tension it may otherwise have had. Establishing the hijackers as decent and soft, the audience is immediately reassured that none of the hijackers are going to get killed. To make matters worse, the hostages are relegated to anonymous extras, they're never given identities or personalities, making it hard as a viewer to truly invest in them and care about their plight. The result is a painfully dull experience. The real life story is a feat of planning, yet the film skirts around the operational planning and depicts the Israeli high command as bland and unlikeable. Even when the actual raid gets underway, the action is interrupted by a bizarre decision to hand a significant amount of screen time over an otherwise irrelevant dancer amd her theatre performance. Why on earth the writers didnt give her substantial screen time to one of the hostages I have no idea. Only two Israeli soldiers are anything more than extras and neither are particularly fleshed out. Overrall, a disappointingly missed opportunity that doesnt even get all the facts right.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Tatyana V

So these people kidnapped over 200 people off a plane, put their lives in jeopardy, civilians who were Jewish, their families including children and Holocaust survivors - and we are supposed to be sympathetic when they are killed in a hail of gunfire?! I mean, I am glad that two German nationals had some ethical struggle kidnapping Jewish people and threatening their lives when some of them still had number tattoos from the camps, but I don't really think this exonerates them. It also bothered me how little time was spent on character development of the kidnapped victims and how much time was spent trying to explain away why these people were ok with hauling women and children into a room in Uganda and prepare to shoot them. I was also offended at the blank statement at the end that 4 Israelis died and 42 Ugandan soldiers died. You don't want to get killed? Don't kidnap people and hold them for ransom. Don't stand guard duty over those who do. It's that simple!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/17/23

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Yonina N

So many historic inaccuracies. The movie makes the terrorists seem like humanitarian good guys while they were inhumane and terrorists

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/23

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Sam K

This movie deeply disappoints in its portrayal and is a disgrace the hostages, Israel, and the Jewish people. It attempts to depict the German terrorists as humane, disregarding the atrocities they committed. Moreover, it unfairly portrays Israel as aggressors, attacking the West Bank and Gaza, when in reality, Israel is known for its humane values in the Middle East. Such misrepresentation only adds to the pain and suffering endured by the hostages and undermines the true historical events.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

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Deedee Anderson A

Who thought that depicting the hijacking of the Air France flight in 1976 from the point of view of the hijackers was a good idea? Absurd. Not to mention the film is just slow.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/03/23

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José Padilha

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Daniel Brühl

Wilfried Böse

Rosamund Pike

Brigitte Kuhlmann

Eddie Marsan

Shimon Peres

Lior Ashkenazi

Yitzhak Rabin

Denis Ménochet

Jacques Le Moine

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J. R. Jones

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Portuguese action director José Padilha (Elite Squad) generates a hurtling momentum, especially as the raid takes shape, but his dialogue scenes are indifferently staged.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The war-room negotiations are tautly realised. Bruhl and Pike are excellent, as ever... Still, it's hard to see who the film is for.

Rated: 3/5

May 18, 2018

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Matthew Norman

London Evening Standard

The most discernible terror comes not from the hostages huddled in the terminal, who are little more than extras, but from the sense of a director too paralysed by the fear of causing offence to take a perspective.

Rated: 2/5

May 11, 2018

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David Nusair

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...an unmitigated disaster of mostly awe-inspiring proportions.

Rated: 1/4

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Takes a significant world event and reduces it to melodramatic pap and speechifying. And the dance. Don't forget the dance.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 4, 2021

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Mike Massie

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The biggest pitfalls are surely the characters and their positioning within the story.

Rated: 3/10

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Synopsis

In July 1976, four terrorists hijack an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris and force the flight crew to land in Entebbe, Uganda. There, the Jewish passengers are held hostage, with their safety contingent on the release of dozens of terrorists jailed in Israel, Germany and Sweden. After considerable debate, the Israeli government employs the Israeli Defense Forces to execute a daring rescue.

Director: José Padilha
Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Olivier Courson, Jean-Claude Darmon, Angela Morrison, Jo Burn, Liza Chasin
Screenwriter: Gregory Burke
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Working Title Films
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Use|Brief Strong Language|Smoking|Some Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 12, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.9M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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