Lost Embrace
New Yorker Films | Release Date: January 28, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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19
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)David Gilmour
Here's a gorgeous little film. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa 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. Read full review
80
The New York TimesDana Stevens
This is a small movie about a small world, but its modesty is part of what makes it durable and satisfying. Read full review
80
The New RepublicStanley 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. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
It's a film of unexpected, almost indescribable off-center charm that deepens as it goes on. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Strong stuff, and all the stronger for having taken itself so comically.
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Lively, gentle, smart. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth 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. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Seems small in subject and scope, but it's large in spirit and implication. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
A gentle comedy. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Has a novelist's human touch. Were it a book, it would go somewhere on the shelf with Jonathan Safran Foer and early Philip Roth. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
In Spanish, the title of the film, El abrazo partido, translates into ''a broken embrace,'' a more fitting description of Ariel's feelings for his father. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The film takes a whimsical view of this insular and sometimes daft environment where everyone's eccentricities are given an opportunity to shine. Read full review
70
VarietyJonathan 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. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
This delightful riff on the identity crisis of a young Jewish Argentine man deserves both the Grand Jury prize and Best Actor awards it won at last year's Berlin Film Festival. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
At its best, Lost Embrace conveys, with real warmth, the hopelessly intertwined pasts and shared futures of a community of outsiders and immigrants. At worst, it's a sitcom without a laugh track. Read full review
70
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Argentine filmmaker Daniel Burman's shaky-camera, cinema-verite-style dramedy meanders in charming fashion. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
A film of minor pleasures. Read full review
63
New York PostV.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. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
If you have the stomach - or the Dramamine - it's a touching, humorous take on Jewish life in contemporary Argentina. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid Parkinson
Well-served by a laudably authentic ensemble, the director explores both character and ethnicity with a canny wit. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderHank 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. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. 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. Read full review
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