The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by David Gilmour

Here's a gorgeous little film.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

It's in the brightly observed vignettes from mall-society life, captured with a low-key, on-the-run visual style, that Burman shows his best stuff and deadpan wit.

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

This is a small movie about a small world, but its modesty is part of what makes it durable and satisfying.

The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann

The overall effect is of a young director treating some old problems with the cinematic lexicon of his time. So he is able to create warmth without slush.

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

It's a film of unexpected, almost indescribable off-center charm that deepens as it goes on.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

Strong stuff, and all the stronger for having taken itself so comically.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Director Daniel Burman examines the ways people cope with the passing of time, whether it's weary mall employees, a broken family or the diminishing Argentinean-Jewish community.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

Lively, gentle, smart.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

Seems small in subject and scope, but it's large in spirit and implication.

San Francisco Chronicle by Walter Addiego

A gentle comedy.

Variety by Jonathan Holland

A general lack of drama, a low-budget documentary feel and an ultraslim storyline are more than compensated for by a sterling script and performances.

The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt

The film takes a whimsical view of this insular and sometimes daft environment where everyone's eccentricities are given an opportunity to shine.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

The tedious film might have been worth watching if Burman had given reasons to care about Ariel or anyone else. He doesn't and we don't.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

If you have the stomach - or the Dramamine - it's a touching, humorous take on Jewish life in contemporary Argentina.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

Despite an absurdly melodramatic premise, Lost Embrace is an essentially plotless series of riffs and jokes. It's 20 minutes too long--forgivable in view of Burman's affection for his material.

Chicago Reader by Hank Sartin

Argentinean writer-director Daniel Burman uses a shaky handheld camera and voice-over narration to take us inside Ariel's head, which gets a bit exhausting, even in the more emotionally satisfying second half.