60
It's undeniably humanistic; resourceful and well managed, however, are a different story.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
A disappointingly shallow story in which only the dead are named, and the living are reduced to stereotypes.
50
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Joe Williams
Because we don't know or care much about the characters, this Israeli film never fulfills its potential as either an absurdist comedy or a humane drama.
80
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
More than anything, this is an intelligent audience picture, a solid and engrossing piece of old-school filmmaking, both humane and character driven, in which the various protagonists learn something - not too much and not too easily - about the nature of their lives.
70
Tender irony and dark humor abound in Israeli director Eran Riklis's latest account of bureaucracy colliding with burgeoning compassion.
70
Boxoffice Magazine by Pam Grady
With the stranger in a strange land motif, the movie plays a little bit like the 2007 Israeli dramedy "The Band's Visit" and Liev Shreiber's "Everything Is Illuminated" rolled into one.
75
An enjoyable mix of tragedy and comedy.
50
San Francisco Chronicle by Walter Addiego
It serves up a broad humanistic lesson with absurdism and black comedy more sad than barbed.