Shoshana

"A crackling thriller."

— Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest

"A smartly crafted and rigorously acted plea for tolerance and compassion."

— Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)

"A harrowing and illuminating look at the violent emergence of Israel under British rule."

— Christopher Lloyd, The Film Yap

"The most politically relevant and most romatntic film in theaters now. Starshebaum and Booth make a couple of torrid, if also doomed lovers."

— James Verniere, Boston Movie News

"Winterbottom is a masterful storyteller and frequently excels at making complicated and dense situations seem manageable and less confusing."

— Steven Prokopy, Third Coast Review

"Now is as good a time as any to better understand Israel, and Michael Winterbottom may be the film-maker best placed to aid us in this understanding."

— Ellen E Jones, Observer (UK)

"Superb acting and espionage flavours carry this serviceable Winterbottom outing into a period in history that, more than ever, demands to be reckoned with."

— Hilary A White, Sunday Independent (Ireland)

"The fact that most of what the story tells us is actually true, I think gives it a kind of a real sense of bite that this relationship does become a microcosm of a much wider conflict."

— Mark Kermode, Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

"It’s a sweeping period drama, partly fact-based, that is old-fashioned in the good sense: More interested in intrigue than action (though there’s both), immaculately produced and cast."

— Dennis Harvey, 48 Hills

"A handsomely mounted period piece about a place and time in which friends were forced into becoming enemies, and Winterbottom draws an especially solid performance from his leading lady."

— Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

"The film unfolds with gentle suspense against a sumptuous backdrop (filmed along the coast of Italy, a convincing stand in for the Tel Aviv of nearly a century ago) that presents a poignant view of an elegant city on the brink of change and upheaval."

— Peg Aloi, Arts Fuse