The movie is not intended to sway people in one way or the other, politically or religiously. Instead, it is a wake-up call about being more diligent about warning signs that show how someone can turn from being a hate-talking extremist into a murderer.

| Jul 13, 2020

Amir is portrayed with such great humanity by Yehuda Nahari, who creates a character that is sincere, charming, and yet increasingly frightening.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 26, 2020

Zilberman creates something of a slow burn over the course of the film's two hours, making its final moments all the more dramatic.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 18, 2020

[T]he screenplay ... is deft in the way it evades any simple explanation for the man's transformation into a zealot and a murderer.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 13, 2020

An overdetailed but engrossing portrait of an ideological assassin and a powerful condemnation of fanaticism.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 5, 2020

It is a chilling film, a true story that unfolds like a taut thriller.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 5, 2020

All the usual excuses for violent action in the service of self-righteous ideology get trotted out in Yigal's measured, steady progression toward political murder, and they're familiar to the point of ridiculousness.

| Mar 4, 2020

What propels this swiftly paced character study is witnessing Amir's transformation...

| Feb 25, 2020

[Presents] an informative depiction of the many factions and debates then and continuing to today.

| Feb 21, 2020

Although its harrowing true-life backstory takes place a generation ago, this character-driven thriller is conveyed with a powerful contemporary urgency.

| Feb 14, 2020

The cumulative effect of the demonization of Rabin and Amir's descent into being radicalized feels frighteningly of the moment, something we see on our news feeds every day.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 14, 2020

In a masterful performance, Yehuda Nahari Halevi shows us a sincere believer who aligned himself with radical extremists.

| Feb 13, 2020

Less a fall from grace or portrait of a monster, it's a compelling, mostly matter-of-fact exercise which taps into tension despite the inevitability of where it's headed.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2020

A chilling portrait of how fanaticism can grow and be enabled, this is a matter-of-fact film that moves with an awful inexorability toward its foregone conclusion.

| Feb 7, 2020

Incitement is an extremely interesting film because of the story it tells, and is altogether watchable-but it's rather lacking in lightness, humor, or grace.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 3, 2020

"Incitement" can be a tough sit at times, but it's compelling enough to worthy of a recommendation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 1, 2020

Director/co-screenwriter Yaron Zilberman deftly blends archival footage with scenes of Yigal becoming increasingly committed to murdering the Prime Minister.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 31, 2020

No superficial bio-pic, this smart, thrilling, even-handed study conveys clues to what underlay Amir's deep hatred and twisted sociopathy.

| Jan 30, 2020

"Incitement" grabs a third rail and holds on tight.

| Jan 30, 2020

Admirably, Yaron Zilberman's film focuses on the cyclical nature of violence in a decades-old conflict.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 30, 2020