Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
Balcony Releasing | Release Date: January 28, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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VarietyDennis Harvey
Senesh was a budding writer, and her poems and diary entries add flavor to an already dramatic tale in Roberta Grossman's Blessed Is the Match. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A limited amount of original footage -- awkwardly enhanced with reenactments -- gives the film a somewhat narrow focus. But in a way, the dry tone fits. Read full review
50
Village VoiceElla Taylor
An ungainly hybrid of straight-up documentary and ingenuous reenactment. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Documents courage, but steers clear of character. Read full review
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New York PostStaff (Not credited)
Tells us just about everything we might want to know about her - except why she did what she did. That important information will have to wait for another film. Read full review
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NPRBob Mondello
The title is drawn from a verse Hannah wrote just before she was captured -- and that impulse is enough to sustain audience interest. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Because Senesh died so young, it's hard to fill out a film of nearly 90 minutes that claims her as the subject, so director Grossman has resorted to using newsreel footage as well as re-creations, which, though discreet, add nothing special to the proceedings. Read full review
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