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Ellen Fox, Chicago Tribune: Even when Walk on Water doesn't quite have you by the heart, its little fingers fumble around in your brain. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: The past's hold on these people is examined with intelligence and insight, and the final scenes are quite touching. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Thought-provoking. Read more
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: Affecting performances by the cast place those abstract issues firmly in the human world. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Ambitious, troubled, worthy inquisition into the soul of modern Israel. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Does not always convince, but with its interest in a range of issues that matter, it always has our full attention. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Lior Ashkenazi, who stars in it as an emotionally buttoned-down Mossad agent, has the debonair subtlety and charisma of an Israeli Clive Owen. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It's a noble and humanizing work with an engaging and intimate tone and look. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: At once glossily commercial and brimming with intellectual ambition. Read more
Marta Barber, Miami Herald: The film deals with many serious issues, some of them only superficially, but Fox places them all in the context of the growing friendship between the two opposites. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Engages the emotions, but it compromises its message of personal liberation through the hokey conventions of a '40s espionage thriller. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Most art house movies don't have enough drama. Walk on Water has twice as much as it needs. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Fox intends to draw historical parallels between Jewish and Palestinian victims, but the film nearly drowns in earnest morality. Read more
Dana Stevens, New York Times: An odd bird, a slight-feeling indie film that slowly builds into a substantial meditation on contemporary politics, sexual and otherwise. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Terrific Israeli drama. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: This movie already has enough topics on the table. As a result, none gets the attention it deserves. Read more
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: Works best in isolated spots early on as a series of intriguing character studies. Read more
Malene Arpe, Toronto Star: Watching, you can't help but feel the issues, the serious as well as the fun ones, are ill-served by the perfunctory examinations offered by the filmmaker. Read more
Leslie Felperin, Variety: An overly schematic, deeply flawed script and wan perfs keep this from being a crossover crowd-pleaser. Read more
Leslie Camhi, Village Voice: The complex questions Walk on Water raises receive only confused answers. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Fox's film seems to say that the kind of saintly purity that would enable one to walk on water -- or to kill with impunity and without repercussions -- doesn't exist. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: Read more