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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Miami Herald | Marta Barber

    Campfire looks a bit drab, perhaps to show the dullness of Zionist life in the 1980s. But this doesn't take away from the poignancy of the film. Read full review

  • 70
    TV Guide | Ken Fox

    Coming at a time when the settlements on the Gaza Strip are being dismantled, Cedar's film offers a sly critique of their origins, and refreshingly different point of view. Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    A good movie that could have been better, Joseph Cedar's sensitive Israeli drama falters when he trades sociological observations for political ones. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    An affecting portrait of a young widow and her two teenage daughters. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | Akiva Gottlieb

    The timelier elements of Campfire, which cleared house at Israel's Academy Awards this year, are too salient to dismiss. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    If Campfire is solidly acted, it is visually drab and has a haphazard narrative momentum. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    Juggles several storylines that include the personal and political, but is unable to get beyond soap-opera shtick. Read full review

  • 40
    Chicago Reader | Andrea Gronvall

    The darker aspects of tribalism come under scrutiny here as nonconformists (unmarried men, women alone) are shown being marginalized. Read full review

  • 20
    Film Threat | Phil Hall

    Typical of too many films produced in Israel: plodding, verbose, badly-made and completely monotonous. Read full review

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