Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

This wry comedy drama has excellent acting and surprises galore.

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

With masterful tonal balance and control, and a visual sophistication as yet unusual among Israeli directors, Gabizon catches both the absurdity and the sadness of what it means to live with such daily threat and confusion.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Israeli director Savi Gabizon has created a nuanced coming-of-age portrait that ought to strike a chord with ­audiences ­everywhere.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

It's not often that good movies have a hole in the center, but Nina's Tragedies labors admirably to develop the strong feelings of longing and heartbreak that unite its damaged souls, however briefly.

Village Voice by Leslie Camhi

With improbable charm, Gabizon knits it all together, his characters' sexual obsessions and earthiness tempered by a soulful melancholy.

Film Threat

This raw truth, this emotional nakedness, is deeply refreshing.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Gabizon has a great idea. But he ruins it by devoting too much time to colorful but unnecessary characters.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

The biggest weakness in Nina's Tragedies, is the character of Nadav. His shadowy presence leaves the movie without a solid center around which to spin its tales.

Variety by Scott Foundas

An amiable, but cluttered dramedy.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

No amount of style or good acting can disguise the fact that this downbeat Israeli comedy is little more than a sudsy soap-opera with a distinctly unsavory aftertaste.