
The story of Yonatan Netanyahu, commander of an elite Israeli army commando unit who was killed during Operation Entebbe, a hostage-rescue mission carried out at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976, after members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the German Revolutionary Cells hijacked an Air France plane with 248 passengers aboard.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of Yonatan Netanyahu, commander of an elite Israeli army commando unit who was killed during Operation Entebbe, a hostage-rescue mission carried out at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976, after members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the German Revolutionary Cells hijacked an Air France plane with 248 passengers aboard.
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| Boston GlobeLoren KingJonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot have assembled a straightforward documentary that uses Yoni's own words - in the form of his moving, eloquent letters and poems - to create a searing portrait of his short but meaningful life. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenNetanyahu's letters, read with sensitivity by actor Marton Csokas, help to fill in gaps with their vivid and thoughtful poetics, whether he's discussing the horrors of war, his nostalgia for Jerusalem in the '50s or his outsider's view of "empty, meaningless life" in the States. |
| Washington PostStephanie MerryThis was a man who needed no help standing out from the crowd. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenThe documentary is briskly paced, often compelling, but a little soft, as it succumbs to hero worship. |
| The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerServes up its material with an excess of treacly music and an overabundance of glowing reminiscences. This has the odd effect of making his story less powerful than it actually is. |
| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniIt's as exhilarating and moving a film opening as you're likely to experience. Sadly, the rest of Follow Me doesn't live up to this overture. |
| Boston PhoenixPeter KeoughFor the most part, documentarians Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot do this potent story justice. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyThere are so many complicated political, religious, and cultural issues swirling around Yoni's story, and Follow Me keeps them on the sidelines. It is pure hagiography. |
| New York PostLou LumenickWhile recollections of the participants in the rescue are often riveting, the subject of Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot's film remains elusively out of grasp. |
| NewsdayRafer GuzmanNever explains why, exactly, Israel embraced this dead soldier so tightly. |