I'm really puzzled by all the glowing reviews. I found the film to be overly simplistic and predictable. Of course there are good Palestinians who love cuddling their daughters and who work hard to buy gifts for their wives, and bad Israeli soldiers who abuse their positions of power, but the characterisation was so stereotypical and two-dimensional that it didn't challenge the viewer. I didn't believe the characters. I felt it was written by someone who has never really lived in Palestine, because it didn't seem realistic.
Review of The Present
