Rashevski's Tango
Menemsha Films | Release Date: September 4, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Time OutS. James Snyder
Director Sam Garbarski’s focus occasionally skews narrow, but he does evoke the anxiety of reconciling a strict faith with secular times. Read full review
50
Village VoiceElla Taylor
The Rashevski Tango begins and ends with a burial, but the movie teems with cranky life, then heals all rifts with a dance that sets a seal of comically erotic approval on that undying genre, the domestic melodrama. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Picture touchingly conveys the everyday closeness of the Rashevskis, who are wont to tango their troubles away, but spiritual upheavals and tonal shifts feel artificial and strained. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
In the end, though, Mr. Garbarski makes no judgments, which leaves this film feeling sweet but light: we already knew that Judaism, like most other religions, is an ever-evolving collage. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The central metaphor of dance, though, is forced, a standard-issue cliché about dancing away problems. Read full review
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