A Strange Course Of Events(Me'al Ha-giva)

Village Voice by Abbey Bender

Its emotions prove curiously inconsistent, hinting at darkness but never committing fully.

The New York Times by Daniel M. Gold

Mr. Nadjari, who wrote the screenplay with Geoffroy Grison, may have been intending a minimalist character study, but even so, he has abdicated his responsibility: Too much of this family drama is left to the audience to fill in.

The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

A film about ordinary people doing nothing is a tricky thing, quickly numbing the audience to sleep unless the screenplay is electrifying and the actors greatly appealing. Unfortunately, neither of these is true of Rafael Nadjari’s A Strange Course of Events, which is anything but strange and eventful.

Variety by Leslie Felperin

Too often the pic feels as if it’s killing time to pad itself out into feature length.