The Cave is also a manifestation of the pessimism that emerged from the rubble of a devastated Siria. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 19, 2023

The Cave gives a glimpse into the humanity that can be too easily overlooked. It also reminds us of the hope that they’re able to find even in the midst of tragedy. It’s painful, necessary, and beautifully captured.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 19, 2022

It won't be an easy watch, but you'll be glad you did.

| Jun 12, 2021

'The Cave' is not a documentary that is going to make history, but it is a crude portrait of a true story that deserved further dissemination. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 21, 2020

...raw and painful to watch, contain scenes of arresting intimacy...

| Feb 7, 2020

Such is the intensity of The Cave that the dramatic music of Matthew Herbert feels unnecessary. [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 3, 2020

A triumph of both artistry and humanity, this powerful and topical documentary finds a harrowing new angle to the ongoing Syrian unrest.

| Feb 1, 2020

Isolated from their families, they sometimes break down and director Feras Fayyad (Last Men In Aleppo, 2017) knows just how to linger on those moments.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 30, 2020

The Cave is an emergency call that shows, with respect, the suffering of civilians. [Full review in spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 29, 2020

This film is even more wrenching than "For Sama," but Amani Ballour is an unforgettable figure.

| Jan 24, 2020

The brief glimpses above ground are haunting, such as the sight of a man (a restaurant worker? An average citizen?) running through the streets to bring a vat of soup to the hospital. He might as well be carrying a solitary torch of humanity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 24, 2020

A human portrait of frontline heroics with moments of levity.

| Jan 21, 2020

More than a story of suffering, THE CAVE is ultimately a story of resilience.

| Jan 16, 2020

The grace of someone like Dr. Ballour and her colleagues is unquestioned, endlessly valuable and deserving of all the recognition in the world. What it is not is banal. Which is what "The Cave" comes dangerously close to making it.

| Jan 12, 2020

Director Feras Fayyad gives you the experience of the Syrian war up close and personal, through the experience of Dr. Amani Ballour.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 27, 2019

A raw, urgent film about one of the great humanitarian crimes of our times, made all the starker for the utter lack of a global response.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 10, 2019

[I]t has abundant power and value.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2019

To not see it - and Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts's likeminded For Sama, as well - is to bury one's head in the sand.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 9, 2019

It's still profoundly effective film-making, but feels less true.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2019

[Feras] Fayyad hopes that his film will keep the crisis in Syria on viewers' minds and encourage them to pressure governments to help. After watching this, you certainly won't be able to forget it.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 6, 2019