eileenapoe Review of A House Divided

A House Divided (2008)

Very silly and hideously uninformed warm-over of Romeo and Juliet ala Palestinian woman and American Jewish man visiting Israel

[1/10 · 22 October 2010]

Beginning of movie held some promise, very quick let down! The ignorance of the writer of this film in regard to the very nature of the essence of Islam, the laws within the religion, that ANY and EVERY Palestinian woman would know from her childhood up, and the experience of Jews at the hands of Christians over the centuries, make the premise absurd in regard to the actions and statements of the romantic development. While viewing this film, my husband and myself had to put it on pause repeatedly to laugh our selves silly. For instance, in what is supposed to be a romantically inspired moment, the Jewish man glibly declares, they could be Christian. Oh, for the love of Pete, NO Jewish person would EVER say such a thing glibly. If this film were shown in Israel, people would either rise to their feet, and leave the theater as rapidly as possible, or the audience would be howling with laughter during what are supposed to poignant scenes. The film was patently ridiculous, and lacking in believability. I was embarrassed for the author, and feared that whoever wrote such a devoid of actual understanding of these two religions values, customs and laws, must probably be an American. Only an American could be so saccharine sweet, and unfortunately uninformed in writing this piece of junk. I regretfully say this of a fellow countryman, as I am a very patriotic American myself. Nothing embarrasses me more than a fellow American who has little or no understanding of other cultures. This writer TRIES, but witheringly fails to understand the mid-east conflict as it actually is.