75
Juxtaposes slice-of-life tales with hints of worldly conflict to delightfully comic effect.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
80
Arik Kaplun's smart, scrappy romantic comedy Yana's Friends displays an insouciance rarely found in Israeli film.
80
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
You probably never dreamed a charming romantic movie could be staged against a backdrop of Scud attacks from Saddam Hussein.
63
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
If you're wondering whether the rules of love change during war, you won't find a better case than the urgent, darkly comic relationship between these two.
60
There's some funny erotic business with gas masks, but neither that nor the unfolding love story is quite as engrossing as the raucous bunch of former Soviet citizens.
75
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
May well be the first film ever to show people having sex while wearing gas masks.
60
The comedy is fairly light and the romance decidedly offbeat.
50
The New York Times by Lawrence Van Gelder
No more than a sentimental little comedy.
80
New Times (L.A.) by Luke Y. Thompson
Swept Israel's version of the Oscars two years ago, and though it won't do as well here, it's an accomplished debut with heart, war and sex. In the age of paranoia, it just might be the perfect date movie.
83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
Sweet, sexy, and unexpectedly enchanting, Yana's Friends is the little feel-good comedy that could.