SummaryFacing a crossroads in life, Harry Rosenmerck (James Caan) leaves New York and his family with an unlikely plan to start a pig farm in Nazareth, causing the anger of local communities. His conflict with the town Rabbi, Moshe Cattan slowly turns into a friendship that leads him to reevaluate his relationship with his estranged family, including hi... Read More
Directed By:Amanda Sthers
Written By:Amanda Sthers
Holy Lands
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Jun 22, 2019
50
Holy Lands works when Harry and Moshe are bickering, and doesn’t quite work anytime they’re not on the screen.
Jun 21, 2019
50
Despite good performances from a first-rate cast, the problem here is that the movie was written and directed by Amanda Sthers, who adapted it from her own novel. The result is too literary, but not in a good way. It’s choppy like paragraphs from a book, instead of chapters.
Jun 20, 2019
40
A good performance from Tom Hollander can’t save this stodgy, ungainly and strangely reactionary family drama from the French writer-director Amanda Sthers.
Jun 21, 2019
38
Sthers has amassed such a strong cast of veteran actors that they manage to create some resonant moments now and again.
Jun 20, 2019
30
This treacly and overwrought piece of mishegoss from French novelist turned director Amanda Sthers is pretty much a chore from start to finish.
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