Holy Lands

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Holy Lands

2019

1h 40m

Drama

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An Ashkenazi Jewish American cardiologist leaves everything behind to become a pig farmer in the holy land.

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Rex Reed

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Jun 21, 2019

2/4

Sthers mistakenly thinks the more unconventional she makes the characters, the more we'll like them. What actually happens instead is just the opposite.

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Christy Lemire

RogerEbert.com

Jun 21, 2019

1.5/4

There's so little to these characters beyond a few superficial traits that when serious things happen-and boy, do they happen-it is impossible to be moved the way Sthers intends for us to be.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Apr 5, 2019

1/5

There's a sliver of a plot about Harry raising pigs and his family feeling sad, but all is lost within a cacophony of bum notes and fake emotion. Howlingly bad.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Mar 1, 2021

4/5

...whenever Caan and Hollander are on-screen, they show a great chemistry, ideal for the philosophical ruminations of the script...

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James Hanton

Outtake Mag

Jul 27, 2020

2 / 5

Caan and Hollander's chemistry cannot redeem this flawed foray into family love and trigger testing.

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Katrina Olson

katrinaolson.ca

Jul 10, 2019

5.5/10

Holy Lands is an interesting film about a family with a lot of disfunction. There were parts that were funny, but overall it wasn't what I hoped it would be.

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Synopsis

An Ashkenazi Jewish American cardiologist leaves everything behind to become a pig farmer in the holy land.

Director: Amanda Sthers
Producer: Laurent Bacri, Didier Lupfer, Alain Pancrazi
Screenwriter: Amanda Sthers
Distributor: Cinedigm
Production Co: Shelter prod, StudioCanal, Cinedigm, Artémis Productions, PM SA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 21, 2019
Runtime: 1h 40m

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