"Rediculous"

Written By: Joshua J. Schulz (real name)

I see why this film would appeal to your average Jew. The "Rabbi" in this film is supposed to be a Roshe Yeshiva- which to any authentic yeshiva bochur (who would probably not watch this movie in the first place) will come off as ridiculous. The Rabbi acts like your typical impassioned goy or non-observant Jew (he does not have kedusha). It is also worthy to note that he broke numerous halachic prohibitions.

"A hidden gem"

Written By: Michael J. Essen

The Quarrel is a superb, and unfortunately little-known movie about two jewish men and their relationship shortly after the Holocaust. It is thought-provoking, brilliant, and deeply moving. An extraordinary experience.

"Old Theme But I Enjoyed It"

Written By: Steven Rossellini

Saul Rubinek's glue-on beard was more than a tiny hint of how low budget this production was. What could the producers have been thinking? And Rubinek and Thomson's characters were supposed to be boyhood chums, yet they couldn't coordinate their accents.
I bought the video to see more of Saul Rubinek's work after seeing him perform in a couple of TV series.
The theme of the film isn't new. Two men experience an horrific tragedy; one loses his faith in a Divine Presence while the other attributes his survival to the Deity. They both survived the WWII Holocaust, having lost their entire families. Both were in a Jewish seminary school until age twenty, when one left to seek a secular life while the other became a rabbi.
In 1948 Montreal, they cross paths in a park; both having thought the other had perished during the war.
The nature of their "quarrel" is far from entertaining. How can one be entertained by a discussion of the loss of wives and children? Yet, the film is engrossing in spite of its warts.

"the quarrel"

Written By: BeauDanny

the movie is good. the dvd doesn't offer extra's. for some of my friends subtitling in dutch would've been nicer.

"An old quarrel of contemporary concern"

Written By: Bettylene W. Franzus

"The Quarrel" is always timely. Although it is between two passionately unique Jewish men it could just as easily be between any two thinking humans of the same belief system espousing different approaches to a problem of belief. Like the secular Jewish man in the story, I too have questioned the presence of God as a deliverer and yet, just as the Hasidic Jew maintains His presence. I want to have that too. This is a film worthy of adult education discussions in religious communities. Bettylene W. Franzus