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Omar

Released Feb 21, 2014

1 hr. 38 min.

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

90%

88 Reviews

Tomatometer

84%

5,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Arrested after the death of an Israeli soldier, a Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) agrees to work as an informant, but his true motives and alliances remain hidden.

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Critics Consensus

Twisty and riveting, Omar is a well-directed crime drama with uncommon depth.

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تمثيل وأداء اكثر من رائع

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/02/23

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Late R

With its excellent performances and a screenplay that boasts depth, layers, twists and turns, ‘Omar' is another example of a long list of foreign films that you shouldn't miss out on.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/12/22

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Audience Member

Good believable characters in a story that holds you to the end

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/21

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Audience Member

Not a second is wasted, not a breath is unfelt. When the last is the first we'll know God's work has only just begun. Be the change, be the strange. <3 <3 <3

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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mike v

Omar is a 2013 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad 🍿 Meh, it passed the time. Just. 😐 👍🏼👎🏼

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

It shows the life within the palestinian territories, moulded by the occupation and abuses of the israeli army.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/30/19

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Hany Abu-Assad

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Waleed Zuaiter

Agent Rami

Adam Bakri

Omar

Leem Lubany

Nadia

Samer Bisharat

Amjad

Eyad Hourani

Tarek

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

It’s a distinct genre of conflict cinema that is all about the human toll of war that scathingly critiques the national policies, protests authoritarianism...

Oct 26, 2023

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Eddie Cockrell

The Australian

Bakri gives a richly detailed performance, often allowing his stoicism to slip and reveal the confused and angry young man within.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 6, 2014

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

Abu-Assad does not aim for the Dardennes' breathless immediacy. Rather, the story is laid out in a lucid, diagrammatic way, like a mathematical proof that for someone in Omar's position there are no right choices.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 4, 2014

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

The film points to the nearly impossible personal and social conditions for the Palestinians under Israeli rule. ... Omar brings to life the tragic situation in intimate, concrete detail.

Feb 12, 2021

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Stephen A. Russell

The New Daily (Australia)

With Omar he has delivered an incredibly powerful story in a lean 90 minutes, a commendable economy that should be a lesson to the ever-increasing number of directors who believe a film must run to two-hour plus to deliver emotional weight.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 26, 2020

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Omar is a suspenseful moral quandary, tripped up only be an illogical, but inevitable, conclusion.

Rated: 3.2/5

Nov 22, 2019

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Synopsis

Arrested after the death of an Israeli soldier, a Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) agrees to work as an informant, but his true motives and alliances remain hidden.

Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Executive Producer: Waleed Al-Ghafari, Zahi Khouri, Suhail A. Sikhtian, Ahmad F. Zuaiter, Abbas F. Eddy Zuaiter, Dr. Farouq A. Zuaiter
Distributor: Adopt Films
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 8, 2017

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