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Golda

2023

Guy Nattiv

Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber, Camille Cottin, Ellie Piercy ...

5.1

744

Drama The intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel' faced during the Yom Kippur War.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It roots us in the combat detail of the Yom Kippur War, and that’s part of its dynamism as a movie (...) [It] is a good drama about Israel"
		Odie Henderson Boston Globe	"The real Meir has more energy and charisma in the few seconds when she's shown onscreen than Mirren has in 100 minutes (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Square but serviceable biopic"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"As a drama about the Yom Kippur war, this film is bafflingly dull. As a portrait of Golda Meir, Israel’s prime minister at the time, it’s even worse (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Rafaela Sales Ross The Playlist	"Not even Helen Mirren can save disjointed Golda Meir biopic"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"It looks a bit drab, with some duff effects and uneven staging. But it has a businesslike running time, and doesn't waste it (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"It wants to tell you how tough and fearless [Golda Meir] was without saying who she was"
		Damon Wise Deadline	"[It] opens up an interesting conversation about Meir’s legacy"
		Martin Kudlac Screen Anarchy	"From the point of view of investment into the life of the protagonist, 'Golda' is more a suspense-filled chamber war drama and less of a biopic"
		Ben Croll IndieWire	"Mirren is unsurprisingly terrific, but Guy Nattiv’s film is frustratingly superficial"
		Kyle Smith The Wall Street Journal	"'Golda' is unusually blunt about the internal devastation that comes with overseeing military operations"
		Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"The most tantalizing moment comes at the end; by then, it's too late (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"Of all the many talents demonstrated by formidable screen presence Helen Mirren, the ability to act her way out of a rubber mask is not one (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"For those with a particular interest in Meir, Israel, or 20th century Middle East history, there's enough here to hold a viewer's attention (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"The film does have its moments, but [it] only scratches the surface (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"The more glaring problem is that 'Golda' itself never rises above the level of an actor’s showcase, never achieves a more complicated, challenging reading of history"
		Davide Abbatescianni Cineuropa	"Guy Nattiv’s elegantly directed biopic owes much of its quality to Helen Mirren’s staggering portrayal of Israel’s first female prime minister"
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"Well performed, concise, but underwhelming overall, 'Golda' succumbs to its own self-imposed limitations"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"[Mirren's] so-so performance is weighed down all the more by a disappointing dearth of context about this fascinating woman (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle	"Mirren portrays Meir in her darkest days at the height of the 1973 Yom Kippur War with empathy and loving subtlety. It’s hard to imagine anyone doing it better (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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