A tragic comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.
Ivanir's acting is the key - he portrays the transition without sentimentalizing his character.
– Walter V. Addiego,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Mar 2011
fresh:
Yehoshua and Riklis are sometimes better at setting things up than following through, but the result suggests a novelistic density.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
24 Mar 2011
fresh:
A cross-cultural shaggy-dog story along the lines of Bill Forsyth's "Local Hero."
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
14 Apr 2011
rotten:
Even with incidents involving drunken locals, an underground bunker and a decommissioned tank, the film doesn't build the comic momentum of good intentions hurtling downhill in a strange land.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
22 Apr 2011
rotten:
If director Eran Riklis's intention is to show the blossoming humanity, so to speak, of a human resources manager, the transformation is much too subtle to work.