The Band's Visit

The story of an Egyptian police band trying to find its way to an Arab cultural center in Israel to play a gig. As luck would have it, they get lost along the way and end up in a small Israeli town. It starts out quite funny in a straight-faced, staid kind of way. But then it tries to be serious and explore the love lives of the characters and it goes somewhat downhill. However, the latter half isn't bad enough to ruin the film, in part because, contrary to what I expected, it's not one of those can't-we-all-get-along movies. There's too many of those. This isn't one.