{"id":514,"date":"2014-07-24T11:59:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T15:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2024-03-31T17:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T21:51:25","slug":"omar-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"Omar-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Omar-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Hany Abu-Assad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Adam Bakri, Eyad Hourani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #132<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70285669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1269\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70285669-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70285669\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70285669-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70285669.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 24, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Omar is a 2013 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Omar tells the story of a young Palestinian man living in the political unrest of Israel, personally conflicted, and a freedom fighter, sympathetic to the other side.<\/p>\n<p>He is in love with a young girl whose brother is a leader in the freedom fight and their romance eventually becomes a love triangle.<\/p>\n<p>Once Omar is arrested on suspicion of murdering a soldier, a series of events take place that makes the audience wonder what side of the fence he is on and who his allegiance lies with.<\/p>\n<p>The film starts slowly and has too much emphasis on the romantic story- seemingly endless scenes of Omar and Nadia professing their love and passing notes to each other.<\/p>\n<p>The film seems to know not what it wants to be a political thriller or a romance film. \u00a0Approximately, thirty minutes into the film it kicks into high gear as the arrest and the political cat-and-mouse aspects come to the forefront.<\/p>\n<p>The ending of the film is unexpected and rather excellent.<\/p>\n<p>At times, though, the story is a bit unrealistic and implausible, especially in some prison scenes. Would a Palestinian traitor be given a second chance and not killed instantly? Would the prisoner and interrogator become friends?<\/p>\n<p>Certain aspects of the film seemed plot-driven and too convenient to be realistic, but I was enraptured with the story overall, minus the romance, which seemed overextended and sappy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Foreign Language Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omar-2013 Director Hany Abu-Assad Starring Adam Bakri, Eyad Hourani Scott&#8217;s Review #132 Reviewed July 24, 2014 Grade: B Omar is a 2013 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee. 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