A little voiceover commentary might add more than the sound of his panting.
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09/07/07
9 Star Hotel (2006)
63 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 5 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Runtime: 78 mins
Synopsis: This Isreali documentary explores the grueling daily routines of Palestinian construction workers who cross the border before the sun rises each morning in order to make enough to survive. Director Ido Haar captures their secret struggle and the unity that bonds them with handheld... [More]
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1 - 8 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
This 2006 film heightens our sympathy for the photogenic young guys and underscores the inherent irony of their lives.
09/07/07
Haar's handheld camera rawly captures the breathless scrambles and nocturnal disorientation of the fleeing Palestinians.
05/25/07
Top Critic
Haar's powerful and terribly sad film speaks volumes, not just about life in contemporary Israel, but in the U.S. as well.
05/25/07
A documentary filled with immediacy but free of analysis, a fascinating but ultimately unenlightening record of [Palestine's] plight.
05/24/07
Top Critic
Like all good political documentaries, 9 Star Hotel is more anthropology than agitprop, a portrait of life among the young, poorly educated men who are caught between Israeli exploitation and Palestinian Authority corruption.
05/23/07
9 Star Hotel is an empathetic portrait of a particular human circumstance, but without greater context, it ultimately feels like only half the story.
05/18/07
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