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02/09/06
Nina's Tragedies (2005)
61 %
Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 19 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 6.3/10
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Modern Israeli life is put under the microscope in this well-acted, if contrived, tale by director Savi Gabizon.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Synopsis: Birth. Death. Life. Love. Marriage. Divorce. Infatuation. Passion. Joy. Heartbreak. And dancing Hassids! Welcome to the topsy-turvy world of “Nina’s Tragedies,” writer/director Savi Gabizon’s serio-comic look at an Israeli teenager’s coming-of-age and his attraction to his... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Aviv Elkabets, Ayelet Zurer, Anat Waxman, Dov Navon, Shmil Ben-Ari
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08/16/07
A dark, morose, confusing hodgepodge of uninteresting and unbelievable characters.
03/01/07
Ayelet Zorer gives Nina grace, sexiness and a real personality. She's someone you'd want to see a movie about, though maybe you'd wish the movie were a little more polished than this one.
12/06/05
Israeli society is one that has ample experience processing grief, and Nina's Tragedies explores that challenge with humanity and humor.
08/12/05
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07/30/05
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The dry humor is disarming. The ensemble cast is engaging and interesting to watch. And the main plot, as it were (will Nadav and Nina find respective happiness?), is suspenseful.
07/29/05
Passing eccentricities of character, but serious trouble staging honest and coherent emotional scenes....a surplus of preciousness and a deficit of truth-ringing reality.
07/29/05
The comedy is feather-light and the emotions are drawn on situation, rather than on genuine involvement with substantively developed characters.
07/24/05
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06/25/05
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A gently quirky, touching comedy from Israel about a young boy's infatuation with his aunt.
06/10/05
Nina's Tragedies is full of gentle, labyrinthian turns, sly and sweet.
06/03/05
Gavison's whimsical and melancholy tragicomedy keeps the Israeli-Arab conflict in the background.
05/29/05
A sad little comedy with enough surprises to keep the viewer guessing, and fine performances by all.
05/21/05
A film about the whole panoply of life and love and death, blah blah blah.
05/13/05
You want to get caught up in Nadav's world and ride his emotional roller coaster, but the movie keeps you at a distance (like watching through a window).
05/13/05
It's well acted, and well written, but it rarely delivers the emotional resonance you keep expecting.
05/12/05
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