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87
Viewer score based on 6 votes.

Critic Score

57
Critics' score based on 9 reviews.
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Gitai's characters are meant to represent the Israeli people as a whole. Just as they question their lives, the filmmaker questions 21st-century Israel.Full Review

V.A. Musetto
New York Post

An ensemble drama laced with lighter moments that depicts the vitality, resilience and moral dilemmas of the people of Tel Aviv, the film is absorbing and at times moving.Full Review

David Rooney
Variety

Almost a comedy, though not an entirely successful one: It's too acerbic to be funny and too detached to be really moving.Full Review

Liam Lacey
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

The film's drawback, and it is a serious one, is that few of its characters wear very well. The more we see them, the less they involve us and hold our interest, a situation not helped by the bombastic, theatrical style of acting a few of the performers have felt free to employ.Full Review

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times

The movie...tries to juggle too many characters at once (its title means "story plot" in Hebrew), and in several cases their connections aren't adequately explained.Full Review

Stephen Holden
The New York Times
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