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06/24/06
Yana's Friends
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:30
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: A heartwarming movie that handles some weighty subjects with humor.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: The Gulf War provides the background for an unlikely romance in this 1999 Israeli film that won 10 national awards. Yana (Evelyne Kaplun), pregnant and in debt, is being left by her husband. When... [More]
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06/22/02
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02/07/03
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07/21/05
Kaplun's smart, scrappy romantic comedy Yana's Friends displays an insouciance rarely found in Israeli film.
10/09/01
I never imagined that Yana's Friends would one day turn out to be so timely for all New Yorkers -- and indeed, all Americans.
10/18/01
Kaplun (director Arik's wife) as Yana has a knack for maintaining her dignity and her poise while struggling through her humiliating problems.
10/08/01
The film eloquently persuades us that it is better to laugh than cry and better to make love than war, messages that never go out of date.
04/18/02
Lots of charm and likeable characters add up to a delightful movie.
07/12/02
A tender, spirited look at love and community in the midst of war.
06/21/02
You aren't separated from these people even if they do live thousands of miles away.
11/16/01
The movie won 10 Israeli Academy Awards and prizes at various film festivals. It's easy to see why.
11/15/02
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08/03/05
A small, rather unfinished gem of a movie, but one that shines rather brightly nonetheless.
07/24/02
An appealing Israeli film about the resiliency needed by a small band of Russian immigrants to survive in difficult times.
10/13/01
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12/22/03
A film whose warm-heartedness overcomes a lack of style.
09/26/01
Portrays not only the fear that Israelis live with every day, but also the difficulties in a nation where people are arriving from all over the world, not knowing Hebrew.
02/09/04
Warm, bittersweet and charming.
07/11/02
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