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      This is a fascinating look at a unique moment in history, showing how empathy and face-to-face discussion between even the bitterest of rivals can reveal shared humanity.

      Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 11, 2021

      The movie is unable to translate a subject so inherently theatrical into anything visually appealing beyond questionably color-graded conversations in largely empty rooms.

      Full Review | Aug 3, 2021

      It's impossible for a movie to do justice to the details of this complex, long-running dispute, but Oslo is gripping.

      Full Review | Jul 26, 2021

      What on paper promises to be an insightful look at the intricate political manoeuvres that led to the botched agreement swiftly descends into a bafflingly amiable meet-cute comic-drama devoid of any complexity or depth.

      Full Review | Jul 16, 2021

      Oslo manages to skilfully wring plenty of compelling tension out of the premise.

      Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 12, 2021

      At 118 minutes it is an hour shorter than the play. As with any theatrical adaptation, it relies on the dialogue and the acting, and both are strong. You come to know the men in this room, and the husband and wife who want them to succeed.

      Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 18, 2021

      This production takes it to the extreme, with scenes set in the Middle East looking as if they were filmed through a jar of chrysanthemum tea.

      Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 18, 2021

      The film is at its strongest when it uses their individual journeys during the negotiations to serve as metaphors for the complicated emotions and human suffering intertwined in the larger Israeli-Palestinian mess.

      Full Review | Jun 9, 2021

      Oslo illustrates how entangled diplomacy can be. Too bad the film delivers only a brief picture of the complexities of the drama.

      Full Review | Jun 4, 2021

      An engrossing, if partial and popularized, glimpse into a brief moment when the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seemed within reach.

      Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jun 2, 2021

      The film with Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott is a measured unfolding of the enduring sticking points.

      Full Review | Jun 1, 2021

      If the plot focuses on the secret, intricate and heated discussions held between emissaries... the gaze is on the characters, on the emotions on the surface in these negotiations in search of peace. [Full review in Spanish]

      Full Review | Jun 1, 2021

      Ruth Wilson in particular embodies a plaintiveness that's heart-wrenching.

      Full Review | Jun 1, 2021

      Directed by Bartlett Sher and adapted by the play's author J.T. Rogers, "Oslo" serves as a haunting portrayal of what was, and a sobering reflection on conditions as they currently exist.

      Full Review | Jun 1, 2021

      Oslo may be an imperfect lens into current events, but the timely story and strong performances still make it worth watching.

      Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 31, 2021

      Rogers' stage play is a smart, mature piece of writing, but one that transfers rather clumsily to the small screen, in part because its makers don't show quite the same confidence in their audience's intelligence.

      Full Review | May 31, 2021

      Oslo...keeps close to its theatrical roots in revisiting the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.

      Full Review | May 30, 2021

      The film never shuffles off its theatrical roots ... there's an almost visceral feeling of how much better this probably worked onstage before a live audience.

      Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 28, 2021

      The story really gets going once they manage to bring Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to an isolated mansion, Borregaard Manor, in a beautiful setting...

      Full Review | May 28, 2021

      The way in which it builds and peels suspense, all while paying tribute to those who took the risks to open a door to peace, makes it one of the year's most impressive offerings.

      Full Review | May 28, 2021

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