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Drama, set in 1947 British Palestine, about a 12 year-old militant who befriends a man he ought to call an enemy, a British officer. Cast:Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Theodore Bikel, Rami Heuberger, Gilya SternDirector:Lynn RothRelease Date:October 16, 2009DVD Release: TBD From:Westchester FilmsLength:1 hr 28 min
The Little Traitor played in key cities to fair reviews. • Roger Moore wrote in the Orlando Sentinel, "...engaging... about the days when the people throwing rocks, assassinating soldiers and setting off bombs were Jews out to carve a state for themselves..." • And Carrie Rickey wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "...muddles through the story of a boy's coming of age in a nascent nation." More Reviews Below...
The Little Traitor Positive Reviews (16 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "A Jewish boy is torn between playing resistance fighter and Peeping Tom... a muddled morality tale more interested in coming of age than getting of wisdom."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 340 words, 10/16/09
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Lynn Roth prefers sentimentality to subtlety and cutesiness to complexity. Fortunately, Alfred Molina balances Ido Port's precocity, bringing a welcome gravitas..."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 124 words, 10/16/09
Kyle Smith, New York Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Alfred Molina gives a warm and engaging performance... A pleasing but light nostalgia piece with a frustratingly hasty ending..."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 161 words, 10/16/09
John Anderson, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD(cg) "The cost of zealotry, and its collateral damage, aren't Lynn Roth's chief concerns - humanity is - but she manages to confect a film of both sweetness and subtle meaning."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 198 words, 10/23/09
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...terminally mild, ill-structured adaptation of Amos Oz's novel 'Panther in the Basement'.... the movie steers clear of any but the most basic conflicts and resolutions."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 215 words, 10/14/09
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...inoffensive, and if you're of the persuasion that the world is a nice place and most people are really nice underneath, then, you may find this movie a comfortable fit."(See all of Richard Nilsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 367 words, 12/03/10
Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "A couple of appealing performances are the best thing about this simplistic tale... it has a sentimental streak that becomes overwhelming at the film's conclusion."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 414 words, 05/14/10
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "Everyone speaks with a weighted, fretful significance that both belies the movie's chummy tone and showcases humanity, but is hell on character development."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 557 words, 03/26/10
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Alfred Molina and Theodore Bikel, in a cameo as a strict community fixer, give the film moments of dramatic interest, but it is a lightweight, forgettable message picture overall."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 154 words, 06/04/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD(cg) "...engaging... about the days when the people throwing rocks, assassinating soldiers and setting off bombs were Jews out to carve a state for themselves... warm, intimate..."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 465 words, 02/19/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...terminally mild, ill-structured adaptation of Amos Oz's novel 'Panther in the Basement'.... the movie steers clear of any but the most basic conflicts and resolutions."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 215 words, 10/14/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "A Jewish boy is torn between playing resistance fighter and Peeping Tom... a muddled morality tale more interested in coming of age than getting of wisdom."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 340 words, 10/16/09
Lewis Beale, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "Despite this promising subject matter, the film runs out of steam two-thirds of the way through and becomes a sort of Palestinian 'Porky's'..."(See all of Lewis Beale's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 485 words, 10/15/09
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "A Jewish boy is torn between playing resistance fighter and Peeping Tom... a muddled morality tale more interested in coming of age than getting of wisdom."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 340 words, 10/16/09
15.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Little Traitor's reviews are separated by an average 15.8 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:The Little Traitor's reviews cover 14.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 4,613 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 288 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Little Traitor Coverage, Volume & Length (16 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 114 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Little Traitor's reviews on average broke 114 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Little Traitor's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Little Traitor (16 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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