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Turns out that, every once in a while, wedding something old to something borrowed can make something new.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
In a complicated role, the excellent Ms. Koler exudes a kind of flighty confidence: For all her nuptial-related anxieties, Michal is completely comfortable with who she is.
60
Screen International by Dan Fainaru
It is pleasant to watch, needs a much stronger structure to hold it together.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
The climactic final scene at the wedding hall begins as grotesque and humiliating, then slowly the threads come together, while Burshtein mischievously plays with perceptions about whether the unfolding miracle is a fantasy or not.
70
The film nicely plays with the standards of romantic comedy.
70
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
The soul of Ms. Burshtein’s film lives in its lovely off-center encounters, since the men Michal meets turn out to be consistently interesting.
63
Slant Magazine by Kenji Fujishima
Rama Burshtein allows us to form our own impressions based on what she presents to us of the Orthodox faith.
60
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
The real-time agony of the wedding day itself has an edge-of-the-seat factor, and Kooler gives a sensitive, emotionally generous performance.
40
Kooler convinces, but it feels like TV sketches, with not enough laughs.
60
Time Out London by Tom Huddleston
Kooler is a very likeable lead, and Michal’s battles – with loneliness, ageing, family, religious doubt and her own indecision – are smartly, sympathetically sketched by writer-director Rama Burshtein.