"Meant to celebrate the heroism of Palestinian women, Julian Schnabel's decades-spanning drama is mostly stilted and incomplete." - Bill Weber

i love schnabel but this is the most amateurish movie he has ever done

Israeli-Palestinian conflict for dummies. Awful script.

The first hour is a brilliant continuation of Schnabel's personal and political lyricism, the second one too didactic by half. Could have been quite an achievement if the focus stayed on Hind Husseini, instead of switching to Miral, whose story seems underpowered and incomplete.

A passionate and aesthetically nice try to show that even in the most profound political crisis, beautiful things can arise. You are not born with a political standing, as many would think. The film reveals this idea and touches me, yes, but it tries too hard to contain all aspects of the conflict. This forces Schnabel to compromise his otherwise intelligent subjective tale-telling that was so outstanding in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. [Full Review]