(Would they get a white actor, for example, to black up as President Anwar Sadat?) As a war movie, it’s bafflingly dull; as a political-intrigue drama, it’s lifeless; as a personal portrait of Meir, it’s inert and superficial. The story is told in flashbacks from Meir’s testimony to the 1974 Agranat Commission, investigating Israel’s military failings in the run-up to the war. Meir appears fatally hesitant in acting on intelligence from Mossad chief Zvi Zamir (Rotem Keinan) that the enemy was about to strike. These sexists are incidentally reluctant to stand when Meir enters the room, but this idea is not pursued.

Source: The Guardian February 21, 2023 03:03 UTC