Divine Intervention

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j F It was very slow, challenging. Unless I kept my patience and observed the small signs of humor, it got boring. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/20/23 Full Review John A Loved the dark humour, and (as a drummer) loved the soundtrack too. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/23 Full Review dave s Divine Intervention is a sporadically interesting but ultimately disappointing comment on day-to-day Palestinian/Israeli relations. Consisting of a number of brief vignettes, the majority shot with a stationary camera, emotionless and often unblinking characters go about their daily business with a humor as dry as the arid environment. Some of the humor might illicit a slight chuckle, but most of it results in nothing more than a furrowed brow and confusion. A Palestinian woman walks through an Israeli checkpoint, her overwhelming beauty causing the guard tower to collapse. A balloon with the image of Yasser Arafat on it causes confusion among Israeli soldiers. A mother and son stare at a pressure cooker, the symbolism as subtle as a face slap. It all feels superficially deep, if that makes any sense. Just because something is surreal doesn't make it art. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review david k This film simply never hung together. Between scenes that made sense were numerous scenes that made no sense whatsoever. Like the last scene in the film, 2 people watching a pressure cooker. Ridiculous. Of course one can read a message into it - Israel and Palestine getting ready to explode? - but our message is guesswork. The film itself does not hang together. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A silent comedy whose intention to parody the tension that of Israeli-Palestinian neighbours is more likely to make the general audience scratch their heads, what with some of the borrowed ideas from The Matrix. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member One perfect encounter into two different types of people Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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