Nina's Tragedies
Wellspring Media | Release Date: March 25, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
This wry comedy drama has excellent acting and surprises galore. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneAchy Obejas
Watching Nina's Tragedies, an Israeli film that pocketed 11 of its country's Oscar-equivalents, is a rare but almost perverse experience. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla 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. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Has too much depth, too much freshness and imagination ever to be adequately described in any of its aspects as merely "quirky" or "off the wall." Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Israeli director Savi Gabizon has created a nuanced coming-of-age portrait that ought to strike a chord with ­audiences ­everywhere. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Engagingly odd and full of sad, funny moments. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleJonathan Curiel
Straddles the line between dark comedy and deep drama. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubScott 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. Read full review
70
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Overall Nina's Tragedies is another instance of a subject discussed here lately--a foreign film that is seen one way at home and another way abroad. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
Israeli society is one that has ample experience processing grief, and Nina's Tragedies explores that challenge with humanity and humor. Read full review
60
Film ThreatStaff (Not credited)
This raw truth, this emotional nakedness, is deeply refreshing. Read full review
60
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
With improbable charm, Gabizon knits it all together, his characters' sexual obsessions and earthiness tempered by a soulful melancholy. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
A shiver of cosmic comedy runs through the film's tragic turns. Read full review
50
VarietyScott Foundas
An amiable, but cluttered dramedy. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen 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. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Gabizon has a great idea. But he ruins it by devoting too much time to colorful but unnecessary characters. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The Israeli academy showered awards--best picture, director, screenplay, editing, cinematography, sound, costumes, actress, supporting actress, supporting actor--on this coming-of-age story, which makes its modest whimsy even harder to get excited about. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen 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. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Gabizon never establishes a consistent tone or point of view. Instead, we hop from one episode to the next, with no momentum and no reason to care about these people. Read full review
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