'' The Return to Homs '' received mostly positive reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival . Peter Debruge of Variety , said in his review that " Talal Derki ’s “ Return to Homs ” represents a remarkable achievement in immersive conflict-zone filmmaking , fearlessly taking auds to the front lines of the Syrian civil war and embedding them alongside soccer star turned resistance leader Abdul Baset Al-Sarout , a charismatic nonviolent protester pushed into taking up arms against the oppressive regime . " Neil Young in his review for '' The Hollywood Reporter '' called the film " An unflinching , rousing piece of civil-war reportage , literally dispatched from the conflict 's front lines . " Eric Kohn from Indiewire praised the film by saying that " " Return to Homs " reveals a far more frenzied , visceral struggle that a handful of driven warriors continue to endure at all costs . With its climactic freeze frame , Derki captures the men 's uneasy combination of desperation and triumph in a single image : With nowhere left to go , they still push ahead . " While , Dan Fienberg of '' HitFix '' grade the film B and said that " There are shades of Kubrick to the long , uninterrupted shots that take us through bombed out buildings , a labyrinth of ruins that still have poignant ties to our heroes . "
2014 Sundance Film Festival
2014 Sundance Film Festival
The Return to Homs