Bubot Niyar
Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 1, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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88
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Heymann's film was originally a six-part series for Israeli TV. The feature he and his crew have made smoothly truncates those three hours into a rich, discretely damning 85-minute portrait of intolerance. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Sad, sweet and oddly inspirational. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A documentary about transsexuals from the Philippines working as caregivers in Israel sounds highly specialized in its appeal, but Heymann brings to Paper Dolls not only an engaging poignancy and depth but also a powerful universality. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
There have been a number of worth documentaries about gender-benders who cross every conceivable line, but Tomer Heymann's film about a group of Filipino cross-dressers living in Israel is a drag doc with a difference. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The presentation is conventional, but the subject matter isn't. Besides, when was the last time you saw anything resembling good news coming out of the Middle East? Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Although the "weird" factor is very much in play here, director Tomer Heymann does a fine job of peeking behind the curtain and discovering real humanity at work. We not only get to know these transsexuals as people, but also their patients. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
A modest film, less interested in advocacy or analysis than in sympathy. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Although the film occasionally become repetitive, one can't help but be moved by the way in which these two groups of people -- who couldn't be more different in terms of background and orientation -- have found a common emotional ground. Read full review
60
Village VoiceElla Taylor
Observing the close relationships they develop with clients, the openly gay Heymann becomes, both hilariously and wistfully, part of a community that possesses in spades what's missing in his own life--the gift of happiness and living well in unfriendly surroundings. Read full review
50
VarietyRussell Edwards
Distilled from a six-episode Israeli TV series, pic mostly fails to transcend its ramshackle structure or penetrate the inner-lives of its subjects. Read full review
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