ThedevilChoose
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Kirandeep Yoder
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
SnoopyStyle
Eyal is an Israeli Mossad agent and an expert assassin. His supervisor gives him an unwanted assignment to babysit Axel Himmelman, the grandson to a notorious Nazi. He rather pursue Arab terrorist than settling old scores with dying Nazis. He is pretend to be a tour guide as Axel goes to Israel to visit his sister Pia. Pia is estranged from her parents and living on a kibbutz. Axel is a liberal homosexual who challenges Eyal's beliefs and cynical world view.This is a rather slow simplistic movie of peace. It could be something more but the movie keeps things simple. In the end, love will conquer all and can't we just get along? The most interesting part is that it doesn't go too far. It seems to be hinting that Eyal is falling for Axel for parts of this movie. I'm glad that they don't but ending with Eyal and Pia together isn't much better. They have less chemistry than Eyal and Axel. I'm not immune to the idea of a happy ending but this feels a little lacking. It's a partial recommendation for me.
blanche-2
"Walk on Water" from 2004 is the story of two men from different cultures. Eyal is an Israeli Mossad agent, and his assignment is to locate an old Nazi officer, Alfred Himmelman, and kill him. Though he's supposed to be dead, there is intelligence that he is still alive. Eyal is emotionally closed off. He is the child of a Holocaust survivor, and his wife has recently committed suicide. In the beginning of the film, we see him murder a major figure in Hamas.He objects strenuously to his latest assignment, which is to locate an old Nazi, Alfred Himmelman, and kill him. This means he has to go undercover and befriend Himmelman's grandson, a gay German. At one point, Axel suggests that Eyal visit Germany, and Eyal tells him that's not going to happen. Axel is in Israel to see his sister Pia. Eyal's cover is that of a tourist guide. As the story unfolds, both men learn a lot about themselves and each other, and how their cultures have influenced them. The friendship they develop changes both men.This is surprisingly a low-key film, with the characters acting very naturally. Lior Ashkenazi is excellent as Eyal, as is Knut Berger as Axel. As a result, the characters come across as very real and it makes the story believable.The director, Eytan Fox, worked with the writer Gal Uchovsky to create two men so diametrically different, it's impossible to think that they could be friends.There are some very powerful scenes, particularly the one in Axel's home. I imagine a lot of people don't like the ending, which seems pat, but I liked it anyway. Thought-provoking film, well acted, well directed, and well photographed.
Cristian
The new propose of famous director from Israel, Eytan Fox, who directs the hard "Yossi & Jagger" comes with a new, if is same of hard, work about the power of forgive and forget, which both are so difficult to any human been.At the first look likes a famous Hollywood thriller, "Walk On Water" the makes us find its real purpose about a film that finds to be the encounter of two cultures, among other things. The story is about Eyal, a Israeli secret agent. He begins a big hard time in his life because his wife commits suicide. After a while, his father, who heads the organization has a new propose for him. The new mission: Be the friend and guide of two German, Axel and Pia. Both are the grandchildren of a Nazi. The organization wants, through this two young people, finds if this man is death or not. At the begin, Eyal finds boring be with people which family be the responsible of the suffer of his own people. But then, he begins to like them. And begin to share things together... and then he finds the secret.With a great soundtrack and beautiful photography and scenery, "Walk on water" is a smashing, great and surprising movie, with a moral question impossible of reject. Eytan Fox made a movie with well defined characters, which one have a purpose which impact in the lead (Famous Isareli actor Lior Ashkenazi): Axel, who is homosexual and redefines the moral concept of Eyal, Pia who don't love the way in which her family manages the things, and finally the father of Eyal, who manages much of certain concepts of Eyal. At the end, the movie gives us the responses of the reality of this characters, and how find the peace that they needs, just walking on water.*Sorry for the mistakes...well, if there any.
Margushala
We recently enjoyed "Walk on Water" with our Netflix membership (having missed the run in a local art house.) It was a wonderful movie- never dull, with sharply drawn characters and a compelling story. The acting was first-rate from the brooding and complex Israeli to the sensitive German grandchildren. There are no stereotypes here; rather, we are drawn into the lives of three finely-chiseled people with human emotions and human reactions.The movie allows the viewer to seriously think about the children and grandchildren of Hitler's powerful henchmen and their place in today's world. Are they guilt-ridden?angry?secretly proud? The interaction of the conflicted Israeli (son of German Jews) and the grandson and granddaughter of a powerful Nazi criminal long hidden in South America is fascinating. At one point a Palestinian is thrown into the mix which provides even more conflict. Really, a terrific movie which, I know, will remain vivid in my mind for a long while. See it.
