Either you will love or hate Divine Intervention: A Chronicle of Love and Pain, but in order to give the movie a fair chance, you will have to give it your complete attention-no multitasking during this one. I think that the first 45 minutes are the strongest and are reminiscent of Chantal Ackerman meets silent film as daily neighborhood life has a sinister undercurrent of inexplicable violence. The second half was a bit dated because of the music or fantasy sequences, but some may prefer the second half more because it explicitly references the pressures of daily life for Palestinians when they are subject to Israeli checkpoints. Either way, the film eschews a traditional narrative structure, which I liked more before it explicitly referenced the cause of the tension. The director is also the star and most reviewers accurately make the comparison to his performance and Buster Keaton, and I whole-heartedly agree.