This thing...I hesitate to even call it a movie...was so horrible in every way that I really wish that everyone who participated in it had been banned from ever being part of the film business for the rest of their lives. The acting was abominable and yet it was topped in atrociousness by the pathetically bad "script" and the shamefully no talent directing. How the hell do you film on location in Israel/Palestine and manage to make it look like you are shooting on a back lot or in the hills outside Burbank? There have been many stupidly offensive portrayals of Arabs in Hollywood but "Torn Apart" managed to not only make Arabs seem vicious but it portrayed them as idiotic, infantile and barely out of the dark ages as well. Did anyone in the crew bother to take a look at the actual clothing and customs of the people around them? What the hell were the Arab characters and extras wearing? Clothing out of some ridiculous Bible story? The main characters had the chemistry of a turtle and a cow trying to be "in love". Their behavior was completely unbelievable- like they were American teens who were breaking a curfew after a prom rather than being an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian girl who were in love (because they played together sometimes as kids????). The film gets one star for good intentions but for crying out loud- do some damn research and get your thick heads out of L.A. before you try to attempt something like this. Awful, offensive and dumb, dumb, dumb!!!!
Review of Torn Apart
