Adnan Tarabshi, Aki Avni, Carmen Maura

Two women form an unlikely relationship as the result of circumstance. One woman jumps into a cab driven by the other woman. What results, is a journey involving thugs and political intrigue.

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46 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Amos Gitai

Release Date: April 7, 2006

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DVD Release Date: May 29, 2007

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  • September 22, 2008
    Crazy ride.
  • April 15, 2006
    A touching "journey film" that is bound to bore its male audience but not to the point where it leaves one completely incapable of appreciating its sly undertone and its racy (and ultimately satisfying) performances.
  • March 29, 2009
    Free Zone is a very slow moving road movie which offers decent performances from the main stars. The goings on are very subtle and until the more obvious scenes you just sit back and watch it gently move along. I dont think this is going to be everyones cup of tea and to be hon...( read more)esty it didnt blow me away but was good for a couple of hours.
  • December 22, 2008
    a taxi driver needing to get to the free zone across jordan border, goes with american played by natalie portman, a nice little role for portman, ruffing it away from hollywood, and hana laszlo, as women taxi driver, lots of long takes with a interesting viewpoint brought across
  • November 22, 2008
    Natalie's my girl, but I couldn't do much with this film. I should have known when the film opened with 9 minutes of a close up on Natalie crying, and never really explained why.
  • November 7, 2008
    I found this film at my public library and I never heard of it before. But since there's Natalie Portman in it and also because it takes place in Jordan and Israel, I was attracted to it. It seems like most of the people over here didn't enjoy it but I liked it a lot. It's a road...( read more) trip with guts and emotions. It's also very well played by the women cast. The editing is a bit annoying at a certain point but other than this little con, everything else was great. Really.
  • April 11, 2008
    Natalie is horrible, and any one who disagrees sniffs there on farts for fun. She has limited abilities and sounds like a dang 60's robot. For goodness sake, she ruined Star Wars.
  • March 4, 2008
    A movie that surprised me...with a WTF! Strong opening with Natalie Portman sitting in the cab. It had a focus, but the plot just dragged along left me with confusion and disappointment. It was very cool to see the two sides of Israel and to see Natalie's great performance though.
  • November 13, 2007
    Once again, Natalie Portman, how bad could it be?

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June 2, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Too slight as a metaphor for the larger catastrophe of the Mideast, too preachy to work as an emotionally compelling drama. full review

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