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The Little Traitor
2009
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The Little Traitor
Positive Reviews
9
Negative reviews
6
Average Rating
2.6
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1.5
But boy hidee, thats a marvelous shot of a marine iguana watching a faraway shuttle launch.
Austin Chronicle
2.5
The way Scorsese photographs Sheeran through the opening reveals a man drained of all his perceived power, and distressingly content with the unholy m ..
1.5
The film slams to a halt every time Port opens his mouth and widens his gee willikers peepers; since hes the titular traitor and is in virtually every ..
2.5
It turns out that Dunlop is a decent man who doesnt share the British disdain for the Jewish settlers.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
Director Lynn Roths treatment is better at memoirish moments (e.g., Proffy rambling through narrow streets) than with the main, partly didactic story ..
Village Voice
3.8
The cost of zealotry, and its collateral damage, arent Roths chief concerns humanity is but she manages to confect a film of both sweetness and subtle ..
News Day
3.1
A pleasing but light nostalgia piece with a frustratingly hasty ending, The Little Traitor doesnt lead to any big twist or revelation.
New York Post
1.5
Small film about the relationship between a British soldier and Jewish boy in occupied Palestine starts out strong, then loses its unique point of vie ..
Film Journal International ..
3.0
But its the right word for the film, which doesnt attempt much, doesnt accomplish much, doesnt offer much and doesnt leave you with anything memorable ..
Az Central
2.5
The mix of mawkishness and polemic is naive. Children, though, will probably leave with a lot of good questions. A better movie would leave them with ..
Boston
3.0
A lyrical yet emotionally spare film about the unexpected casualties of war.
Calendar Live
4.0
Shooting on locations in Jerusalem, the film feels real and authentic with Roth getting the most out of the local atmosphere but it(TM)s her fine scre ..
Boxoffice Magazine
1.0
But its the newness of Mitchells musical accountand Rachel Chavkins gracefully dynamic stagingthat bring this old story to quivering life.
New York Time Out
3.0
An interesting look at the transitory nature of enemies and the way history shifts alliances.
Detroit News
3.0
An adorable story of an unlikely friendship between a Polish Jewish 12 year old and a 50 something British sergeant during the British occupation of P ..
Compuserve
3.0
Treacly love thy enemy yarn in a historically remarkable place and time
Metro Times
3.5
Poignant, childs view of the summer of 1947, just before the sun set on the Brit Empire in Jerusalem and everything changed, but doest catch the ruefu ..
Film Forward
1.9
But Roth opts for a quaint coming of age story that unfolds in a glowing, well groomed Jerusalem that resembles a childs fairy tale more than 1947 Pal ..
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