First of all, I've never read Leon Uris's "Exodus" or seen Otto Preminger's movie adaptation. I understand that it's drawn controversy for simply romanticizing Israel's founding without looking at the expulsion of the people there. As journalist Norman Solomon described it, the movie depicted Arabs as bloodthirsty killers, while depicting the people moving to Israel as heroes no matter what they did.
So here we have Amos Gitai's "Kedma". This one also depicts events leading up to Israel's establishment as a country. While it takes a grittier approach and even addresses the eviction of the Palestinians, it falls a little flat. It's not a terrible movie by any measure, but it has stretches where little happens. True, movies don't have to have nonstop action, but they should have more than this one has.
Basically, it's an OK movie. One that I recommend is Julian Schnabel's "Miral", based on Palestinian author Rula Jebreal's works.
So here we have Amos Gitai's "Kedma". This one also depicts events leading up to Israel's establishment as a country. While it takes a grittier approach and even addresses the eviction of the Palestinians, it falls a little flat. It's not a terrible movie by any measure, but it has stretches where little happens. True, movies don't have to have nonstop action, but they should have more than this one has.
Basically, it's an OK movie. One that I recommend is Julian Schnabel's "Miral", based on Palestinian author Rula Jebreal's works.