The Attack is a well-done, intelligent work.

| Jul 14, 2020

The lasting images Doueiri conjures are what I ultimately took with me after all was said and done, and the droning, ambient electronic music he pairs with the visuals adds a surprising amount of tension and mood.

| Original Score: 8.2/10 | Apr 15, 2019

The film is poignant and easily one of the best films to come from the region in recent memory.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 14, 2018

"The Attack" shows the flaws of the "model minority" concept.

| Feb 21, 2018

I couldn't help but feel as though Doueiri's movie, however adept and mature, is something of a setup, an all-purpose guilt machine.

| Apr 13, 2016

A sort of mystery in reverse, 'The Attack' is both a character study and a love story. It's also about terrorism and the driving forces behind catastrophic acts.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 2, 2014

The film often seems poised to lean towards didacticism, but Douieri consistently foregoes heavy-handed political statements and stays focused on Amin's personal journey

| Apr 16, 2014

We learn that beneath some urbane and sophisticated Israelis lies a cold and hardened heart. We see Palestinians who live to commit terror without regard to its consequences.

| Feb 17, 2014

Intimacy, memory and questioned identity all bleed into one dejected protagonist who can't quite do the heavy lifting that the screenplay calls for.

| Original Score: C | Feb 5, 2014

It's a sorrowful film, as Amin finds some answers he doesn't want to hear, and discovers that other answers are simply unknowable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 14, 2013

The result is a quiet power-so quiet in fact that the score is almost non-existent-that never risks sentimentality or exploitation.

| Nov 4, 2013

Seen with an open mind, it's an experience that gets under your skin in ways you won't expect.

| Oct 25, 2013

Screenwriters Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma pull quite a few punches here, making the doctor improbably naive about Israeli-Palestinian tensions so that his transformation seems profound.

| Aug 29, 2013

"The Attack" doesn't force us to pick a side. But it does force us to question our outsiders' hope in conciliation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2013

Certainly not easy to digest, but the internal struggle director/co-writer Ziad Doueiri isolates here is exceptional at times, giving the divisive topic the meditative approach it deserves.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 21, 2013

Contrary to its blunt title, The Attack takes a nuanced and thoughtful approach

| Aug 21, 2013

The prevailing mood is somber, but the film is particularly affective at conveying the senselessness of trying to make sense of a conflict that has gained nothing beyond a vast waste of human life.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 16, 2013

Arouses profound questions about fanaticism, cultural identity, and the essential mystery of other people, even those we think we know best.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 15, 2013

Thoughtful Israeli political drama.

Full Review | Aug 9, 2013

It's set up as a descent into the heart of darkness, but it ends up playing out in pallid shades of grey.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 9, 2013