Wajib

[A] crowd-pleasing Palestinian drama.

Annemarie Jacir's insight into inter-generation tension is what makes Wajib so compelling and watchable, while never losing touch of the specificity of this particular father and son.

Nothing seems out of place, but the revelations offered by Wajib into the lives of ordinary Palestinians are suffused with stoic wisdom.

Although this film is as political as anything Jacir has made, it is also probably her warmest, funniest, and most accessible film.