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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThe Divine Intervention of the title lies somewhere between hope and fantasy. In a world in which Santa Claus is assaulted in Nazareth, what do you have left?
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAbout the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it treats war as a cosmic joke and its participants as hapless but recognizably human clowns.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanA movie of long, expressive silences, Divine Intervention articulates things that have never been articulated, at least on the screen.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA one-of-a-kind experience, a Molotov cocktail of a seriocomedy.
- 80Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDallas ObserverJean OppenheimerSly and corrosively funny political black comedy.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatWonderfully effective, funny and yet horrific film.
- 80Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayAntic, puzzling and disturbing film.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA mordant and bleak comedy, almost without dialogue, about Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe Academy accepts submissions only from real countries, and Palestine isn't one. This is as good a joke, and as dark, as anything in the movie.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSuleiman isn't much for words, but when he's ready for action, there's no hiding his anger.