“A thorough, thoughtful and disturbing documentary.”
Kenny Turan
LA TIMES
AMIR BAR-LEV
Fighter (2001)
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Press
“A brilliant documentary record of a tangled and combative relationship between a pair of Shakespearean personalities... this unusually cogent and complexly structured documentary becomes, all at once, a kind of existential travelogue, an interrogation of memory, and a comedy of temperament. ”
- David Denby, The New Yorker
"Director Amir Bar-Lev finds a way to mix the personal, the philosophical and the historical into a complex human document, something that's funny, moving and sad."
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Bar-Lev has created a film remarkable in its ability to capture both the worst and best of human nature."
- Elizabeth Weitzmann, New York Daily News
"What unfolds onscreen is remarkable: The passions and arguments of the past are resurrected in the present.. In this movie the war is not quite over. For those who survived it, maybe it will never be."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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"An intimate collection of post-war memories, 'Fighter' is a powerful, heartfelt, and funny docu that serves as a respectful nod to the aging survivors of WWII. Director Amir Bar-Lev's feature debut gracefully examines the hardened souls of victims and provides many uplifting moments that will touch even the most cynical viewer ...Everything about 'Fighter' is a lesson in courage and compassion"
- Michael Speier, Variety Weekly
“Heartbreaking, hilarious!
I couldn't recommend it more highly!”
- Ella Taylor, LA Weekly
“Powerful, provocative! This may be the year's outstanding documentary!”
- Jonathan Foreman, NY Post