Synopsis
The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.
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Cast
- Ruth WilsonMona Juul
- Andrew ScottTerje Rød-Larsen
- Salim DawAhmed Qurei
- Waleed ZuaiterHassan Asfour
- Jeff WilbuschUri Savir
- Igal NaorJoel Singer
- Doval'e GlickmanYair Hirschfield
- Rotem KeinanRon Pundak
- Itzik CohenYossi Beilin
- Tobias ZilliacusJan Egeland
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
An engrossing, unfailingly lucid account of a momentous political breakthrough that interrupted a decades-long impasse. Few will be unmoved by its sorrowful timeliness. - 75
CNN
Directed by Bartlett Sher and adapted by the play's author J.T. Rogers, "Oslo" serves as a haunting portrayal of what was, and a sobering reflection on conditions as they currently exist. - 58
The A.V. Club
What results is a very Western-specific view of this conflict and of the Oslo Accords that doesn’t embody the “both sides” approach the film ostensibly intends to provide. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Oslo ultimately acknowledges that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is anything but resolved, and shows why even this first, limited step toward settling it was so immensely difficult. Whether we’re in the mood to find it entertaining right now remains in dispute. - 50
Variety
Rogers’ stage play is a smart, mature piece of writing, but one that transfers rather clumsily to the small screen, in part because its makers don’t show quite the same confidence in their audience’s intelligence. - 38
RogerEbert.com
The timing of Oslo is less than ideal, current events being what they are. The framing, too, is blinkered and naïve.
