
Dr. Amin Jaafari is an assimilated Arab surgeon who seems to have it all with a promising career with honors among the Israelis in Tel Aviv. That all changes after a devastating terrorist suicide bombing and his beloved wife, Siham, is found among the dead as the primary suspect. Although initially refusing to accept that as Shin Bet interrogates him, Amin comes to realize the allegations are true. Now, the ostracized Amin resolves to find out on his own why Siham had so stro... (Full plot summary below)
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Dr. Amin Jaafari is an assimilated Arab surgeon who seems to have it all with a promising career with honors among the Israelis in Tel Aviv. That all changes after a devastating terrorist suicide bombing and his beloved wife, Siham, is found among the dead as the primary suspect. Although initially refusing to accept that as Shin Bet interrogates him, Amin comes to realize the allegations are true. Now, the ostracized Amin resolves to find out on his own why Siham had so strong a conviction that she kept secret from him. However, the answers prove hard to come by and the truths involved have a terrible pain of their own.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn engrossing and rounded look at the religious, political, and cultural factors behind Arab-Israeli enmity in the Middle East. |
| ScreenAnarchyEric D. SniderEmerges as one of the more piercing pieces of fiction on this subject. |
| Gay City NewsSteve Erickson"The Attack" shows the flaws of the "model minority" concept. |
| RogerEbert.comMarsha McCreadieThe best kind of anti-war propaganda film, calm in feeling and mood, yet truly terrifying in showing the scourge of our age: terrorism, which can strike anybody, anywhere, at any time. It's also a love story, and a film about having it all. And then in an instant, losing everything. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineWe are left at the end with imponderables and questions, things that will ricochet around your brain long after this compelling and unsettling movie ends. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonDelicately executed thriller balances its political baggage with unflagging suspense. |
| Detroit NewsTom Long"The Attack" is about madness, personal and political, and a tragic overlap of the two beyond understanding. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe Attack is most avowedly "about" terrorism. But that's a subject, not the subject. The film, an arresting and upsetting one, is also about love, trauma, and trust, both within one particular marriage and within entire cultures. |
| Madison MovieRob ThomasIt's a sorrowful film, as Amin finds some answers he doesn't want to hear, and discovers that other answers are simply unknowable. |
| Movie HabitRobert DenersteinContrary to its blunt title, The Attack takes a nuanced and thoughtful approach |