Kailansorac
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Guillelmina
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
revlindacarter
A blood test reveals that an 18-year-old Israeli is not the son of his parents. The hospital investigates and discovers a well-worn story plot: two boys switched at birth. Only in this case the switch pushes both families into existential crises: Who am I? Who is my son? Why? because the "other" son was born to Palestinian Arabs. The conflicts between peoples and cultures is addressed here, but I found the most significant part of the story when each character begins to explore their own identity. The characters handle their crises with love and care for the sons. The acting and direction are flawless. English subtitles. The pace may be a little slow for American audiences, but have patience, you will be enriched with this film.
Furuya Shiro
Baby switching error at hospital is the same motif with "Like Father, Like Son", but these movies have completely different viewpoints. In case of "Like Father, Like Son", as the wrongly switched children are still very young, the story is told from the parents viewpoint. The key question asked in the movie is: what makes the parent-child relationship true, under the biological relationship is denied. On the other hand, in case of "The Other Son", the wrongly switched children are already 18 years old, intelligent, tough-to-fudge youths. Furthermore, one is a Jew and the other is a Palestinian. Therefore, in this movie the story is told from both of parents' and children's viewpoints, more on the children's viewpoint. Thus, the title of the movie can be "The other parents" or "The other self" too. In general, in the movies where a family faces an extraordinary problem, fathers are less reliable than mothers. In this movie too, the first reaction of the two fathers is to deny the fact. They try to think as if nothing happened. Mothers, however, immediately face the issue, share empathy with the other. Well, I am a man, but I have to agree with this development. The plot is simple. Both parents do not have complicated private background. Still, this is a heart-moving one. The most impressing scene for me was that Joshua suddenly sings at the dinner. Is it a Palestinian song?
Jonathan Zsofi
I have seen no greater film than this so far.It's sensibility to the conflict of people groups, as well as the personal experiences in the spiritual, intellectual and emotional are beyond any other film's treatment. The actors live out the natural confusion on screen effortlessly. Ultimately, the way in which lives, yearnings, love and hate is weaved into resolution, beauty and peaceful reflection is unparalleled.It's superb cinematic style makes the story not only brilliant; but a masterpiece in its entirety.For a film that confronts, and questions much of your heart, mind and soul - I suggest seeing this as soon as you can.
sunbreak7-1
The movie is a sensitive portrayal of a difficult situation. It does portray a little of the difficulties of cultures with different points of view, but doesn't go that far in that portrayal. However, I don't believe the situation in the movie would be as easily resolved as the movie seems to suggest. One thing that really bothered me is the really poor English subtitle translation. In the trailer it looks normal, but the text the trailer uses is really some of the only times when the English is well translated. The rest of the time it is like using a poor machine translation and sometimes doesn't even make sense in English.
