The Insult's reviews
Media reviews
Entertainment Weekly
"An ethically thorny morality play that thoughtfully transcends borders, cultures, and religious beliefs."
The Hollywood Reporter
"A highly political movie that's also a personal story of two men going head-to-head while the women around them are left to pick up the pieces, this gorgeously shot and classily acted feature might be a reel too long but is nonetheless a fascinating piece of work"
The Washington Post
"The performances remain subtly powerful, especially Karam?s. Tony is a man whose unpredictable rage can be sparked by one wrong move, but Karam infuses the character with pathos through the subtlest gestures and facial expressions."
El País
"Doueiri films everything with rhythm and tension, even though Middle East cinema has already told this story many times [...]. A good summary for the last half century."
Cinemanía
"Doueiri creates a skilled story, maybe a little prefabricated to be effective and dramatic, but still valuable, very valuable [...] A fluid and commercially attractive story-telling."
Indiewire
"While it doesn?t quite justify the sprawling courtroom antics or the blunt metaphor they entail, the movie nevertheless provides a profound look at the effect of historical trauma on modern Lebanese society"
Los Angeles Times
"At a certain point, we are no longer watching a naturally escalating conflict so much as a rigged allegory of masculine aggression, contrived not only for our entertainment but also for our edification."
Fotogramas
"Doueiri has simplified, maybe too much, a much more complex problem [...] you could say that such simplicity, a little bit routine and foreseeable, is moved by the humanist willing of building bridges."
Variety
"Toward the end, Doueiri attempts to give his two leads a little more nuance, but Tony?s overwhelming anger steamrolls over occasional conciliatory behavior, which winds up feeling just manipulative"
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote