GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Vishal Agrawal Meltzer is a Rabbi in West Gaza. He teaches fanaticism. He has two important men for his religious purposes. Menachem is the leader of his army and Pini is his best student who will be his successor. Meltzers daughter brings these three characters confronting each other as she falls for the right contender. This film is extremely assuming. It assumes you know everything about settlers and their politics. It seems a lot is also lost in translation. Still this film works for me. It talks about a fundamental question what's more important men or god? At least thats my interpretation of 'Crusade' and 'Jihad'. I like the sequence where Menachem is arrested and questioned. There are lots of things in the film I could not understand or relate to but still it was good. I think the story is good but it was not presented in a comprehending manner. My interpretation of the film is that people, if given power, use it for their individual purposes. So power should not be consolidated in one hand. The 'two contenders', a religious fanatic and a trigger easy army man, was also a very interesting conflict. Film also raises the question how difficult and important it is to separate violence from religion. Character of Michal is good. She only brings these two characters in conflict. Quite nice check it out. 8/10

PrincessOfRHT One part I don't understand was, why was "Pini" gonna blow himself up in the tunnel? I thought Jews didn't believe in doing things like that?? Only muslims do. That part really confused me.I also wish the film would have shown the "Powers That Be" forgiving or saying "sorry" to Menachem for thinking he was involved in the whole "mess" when he wasn't. Also, it didn't show Michal either believing him now that the whole "mess" was over, or did she still want to be with him or?? This movie, at the end, just left a lot of loose ends.Also, I really didn't see how what the Rabbi said could incite Pini to take the heinous course of action that he did. I'll have to go back and re-watch it; I was so lost through most of this LOL!

bob the moo In a West Bank settlement a Rabbi has risen up to get his own following. It is Rabbi Meltzer's plan to build the temple and he has formed his own military unit under the command of Menachem, on of his disciples. Meanwhile one of Menachem's men, Pini, is called to meet the Rabbi's daughter, Michal, so that their marriage can be arranged. However Michal rejects Pini as she has fallen for Menachem.Other reviewers here have criticised this film for not giving them the understanding of the politics around the area, however I consider this a very unfair accusation. This film is not about the situation; it may have some subtexts that comment on it but generally the film struck me as a thriller based around several characters. As such (and I can only review it as such) I found it to be quite effective at points but also to be rather slow at others. As a thriller there were plenty of good moments – either tense, running with guns moments or good revelations or twists around the characters; however at other times it was too slow and seemed to drag to include at attempt at subtext or commentary that it didn't need (or certainly didn't do enough with).Outside of this the story is pretty good even if you ignore some of the character's motivations. I must admit to being a bit lost as to why Michal took the path she did with such vigour while Pini was a mystery to me; but ignoring the weaker turns helped me focus on the dramatic flow, flawed though it was. The direction is good even though the budget clearly would not compare to your average Hollywood thriller. I had never seen any of the cast in anything before and they were pretty average on the whole. The only performances that stood out for me were Avni's Menachem and Volf's Mookie – both had good presence.Overall this is not a great film but it more or less works as a watchable little thriller based around several characters. The story may have plenty of flaws but it moves along well enough save for a few dull patches. It won't teach you anything about the region and it's occasional attempts to pass comment only serve to take away from the main story which could have been a lot pacier and exciting without Meltzer's preaching.

George Parker "Time of Favor" seems to be an earnest attempt to tell a somewhat mundane tale, as films go, of a religious military man who has to weigh matters of faith with conscience, love with duty, sacrifice with fulfillment, etc. - nothing particularly new. The film comes off like a low budget indie with obvious cost cutting throughout and muddles the core issues with too much busy work. Somewhat esoteric, Israelis would better empathize with the circumstances and probably glean more from the cultural subtleties. A gentile who's never been to Israel, I found the film to be marginally interesting, minimally entertaining, and anticlimactic. (C)Note - The cover of the DVD I rented bore a quote from the Village Voice calling this film "exotic"..."erotic"...."highly atmospheric". I wonder if they saw the same movie. The one I watched was only exotic because it was a foreign film from Israel, had no sex (one kiss), and the atmospherics were ordinary at best. Moral - beware the box cover B.S.