Entebbe's reviews
Media reviews
Entertainment Weekly
"While the previous retellings of this story, including 1976?s Raid on Entebbe and 1977?s Operation Thunderbolt, had the slightly chintzy veneer of an Irwin Allen disaster flick reimagined as a daytime soap opera, Padilha?s version has a grittier vibe of sweaty desperation, doom, and misplaced fanaticism. It may still be light years away from a masterpiece like Steven Spielberg?s Munich, but it has an urgent tick-tock suspense that sweeps you up"
New York Times
"José Padilha?s ?7 Days in Entebbe,? a reasonably efficient action movie, is thus both an update and a throwback. It features an international ensemble of well-known actors playing real historical figures, and tries to balance geopolitical sobriety with suspense-thriller sensationalism"
The Guardian
"The buildup to the seventh day of the hijack never musters any genuine suspense. Much of the action involves the hijackers debating ideology, and the Israeli politicians outlining developments to each other [...], making for a sluggishly theatrical feel"
El Mundo
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote