HOME
MOVIES
TV Shows
In Theatres
SEARCH
FRESH
QUEUE
The Time That Remains
2009
MOVIE IS
cinematic
magnificent
breathtaking
capable
rectilinear
Close Video
watch now
Reviews
similar movies
cast & crew
tags
72 %
84 %
Certified Fresh
$ 1 Million
See Where to Watch
The Time That Remains
Positive Reviews
23
Negative reviews
2
Average Rating
3.6
/5
cinematic
magnificent
breathtaking
capable
rectilinear
All
Positive
Negative
3.8
Those segments are scattershot, and not as strong as the middle two parts of The Time That Remains, which maintain more of a narrative.
Av Club
2.8
Elia Suleiman partly based the laconic satire The Time That Remains on his own memories of growing up Arab in Israel.At best, his poker faced vignette ..
EW
3.5
Nothing feels more affecting than Suleimans ubiquitous frozen stare.
Indie Wire
3.0
The same visual style is applied here, although the tone is more elegiac and the focus is more anguished, more personal.
Time Out
3.8
At moments like these, when the camera serves as a witness, The Time That Remains becomes not just an angry film, but a beautiful one.
4.5
That this is all howlingly funny just serves to point out the boldness of Suleimans conception, a conception whose (mostly) successful execution marks ..
4.5
Suleiman captures the unique beauty of Nazareth, an ancient terraced city of glaringly white stones and stunning vegetation A master stylist, Suleiman ..
Screen Daily
5.0
What makes the film more than a litany of justified grief is its black humour. Suleiman deploys distinctively photographed tableaux, idiosyncratic cha ..
Telegraph
3.8
Despite its abundance of deadpan and absurdist humor, The Time That Remains, a look at the Arab Israeli conflict from a Palestinian perspective, was c ..
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
A touching and insightful black comedy that gracefully spans sixty years.
3.8
That has long been Suleimans message, and its much the same in The Time That Remains.
The Globe And Mail
2.5
By the time the tedious, frustratingly abstract final third rolls around, The Time That Remains has unquestionably established itself as a missed oppo ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
This collection of vignettes tracing the aftermath of Israels creation in 1948 is deeply personal and often surprisingly funny. But its so specific an ..
Shadows On The Wall
3.8
Dont expect guffaw inducing comedy, but rather deadpan humor in the style of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati.
New York Post
2.0
Marc Andre Batignes cinematography is often magnificent in terms of framing and composition and theres good use of Arabic pop songs throughout, which ..
Film Journal International ..
3.8
The silence of the character played by director Elia Suleiman lends the role a kind of invisibility that seems meant as an analogy to his view of the ..
Npr
3.8
This is not a movie filled with hate.Although some of the films five main segments overstay their welcome and wear out their whimsy, its a welcome cha ..
Toronto Star
3.0
They are brilliantly shot, with rectilinear framings and compositions and some tremendously engaging sight gags.Yet what is Suleiman saying with this ..
Guardian
2.5
The toll is great, even while on the inner, personal level life goes on, at once petty, grand and, in the larger scheme, beyond the mad nonsense of po ..
Reel Talk Reviews
4.0
Suleiman remains a forlorn figure throughout but the slapstick whimsy and music numbers underline the poignant follies of daily life in Palestine.
Express
3.5
Butand this is what makes Suleimans latest an ultimately more complex film than the previous twohe also manages to transcend these qualities, as, surr ..
Film Comment
2.0
September 21, 2018 Henry Jamess tricks and traps; how to read Anglo Saxon poetry; the modern context of USIran relations; dissent, protest, satire and ..
Entertainment Times Online ..
4.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
3.5
Reviews of Recent Independent, Foreign, & Documentary Films in Theaters and DVD/Home Video Showtimes & Tickets Enter Zip Code: THE TIME THAT REMAINS W ..
Film Forward
4.0
Though the film, like Suleimans other work, is undoubtedly political, its cinematic form and content are marked by a studied yet subtle simplicity.
Bfi
3.0
As the amount of dialogue and interaction between the characters diminishes, the surrounding individuals are in danger of becoming basic caricatures o ..
Electric Sheep Magazine
3.5
One in particular illustrates the sensibility that informs the movie.
Louis Proyect Word Press
See Where to Watch
The Time That Remains