'Paradise Now': There are no winners

They're so nice, these older men in "Paradise Now," with their earnest, devout ways. They tell you how privileged you are to be given this mission. They tell you how to look soldiers in the eye, how to move quickly without arousing suspicion, how to pull the detonation cord only when you can score the highest possible body count among bystanders. Why, they've even put your face on a poster that they'll have plastered all over the streets of Nablus even before your smoking body parts can be scraped up, along with those of your victims in downtown Tel Aviv. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Two young Palestinian men, best friends since childhood, are recruited to become suicide bombers for a strike on Tel Aviv. They spend a last night at home, although they must keep their intentions secret from their families. The next day, with explosives strapped to their bodies, they are led to the Israeli border. But the plan goes awry and the two bombers are separated, each left to make his own decision.

FILM FACTS ...
Warner Independent Pictures
'Paradise Now'

Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Starring: Lubna Azabel, Amer Hiehel, Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: Oct. 28, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material and brief strong language.
Language Arabic with English subtitles

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"...powerful and all-too-timely drama about Palestinian suicide bombers"

The Palm Beach Post: B+
"Abu-Assad manages to get us thinking with this timely story wrapped inside the trappings of an action film."


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