Bergman's eloquent achievement lies less in his story's details than in his script's emotional honesty, which speaks to how an ordinary family would deal with such struggles.
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03/11/04
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Broken Wings (2004)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:61
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: An accurate and compassionate rendering of an ordinary family in crisis.
Theatrical Release:Mar 12, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: The winner of nine prizes at the Israeli Academy Awards and a hit in its home country, the award-winning BROKEN WINGS is the extraordinarily moving story of the life and loves of the Ullman family,... [More]
Starring: Orly Zilberschatz-Banai, Maya Maron, Eliana Magon, Nitai Gvirtz
Director: Nir Bergman
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12/30/06
A movie of small emotional gestures that add up to something almost overwhelming.
10/01/03
It reminds us, after all, that throughout the world, all family feeling is local.
04/01/04
Top CriticCelebrates the binding sinew of family connection and the power of a mother's love.
03/11/04
Grieving families have been dealt with before in outstanding films like 'Moonlight Mile' and 'In the Bedroom,' but never with more unflinching realism than in 'Broken Wings.'
02/27/04
This is a movie with four children at hand, but its views of ambiguity and human complexity are distinctly grown-up.
04/16/04
The film is guilelessly shot, the dialogue phonographically candid.
08/05/04
Bergman is primarily interested in behavioral truth, and that is enough to make him a talent worth watching.
03/12/04
A beautifully sad, heartwarming family drama.
04/16/04
Wonderfully acted and sharply observed, Broken Wings is marked by a strong sense of what it's like to be part of a family.
05/13/04
Broken Wings tells the kind of story that only a cinematic neophyte would find novel. But it tells that story with such emotional nuance, and with such fine performances, that it somehow feels fresh.
04/15/04
Top CriticA wise and sensitive piece of filmmaking that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
01/18/04
These bits of metaphor accumulate, of course, leading to a literal tragedy that pulls the family back together.
03/23/04
It’s the best family portrait since Yi Yi.
07/28/04
Heartfelt acting and a sometimes tragic but ultimately life-affirming story make this an unusually touching Israeli production.
03/11/04
A compelling family drama.
05/19/04
'The characters are so ordinary and identifiable helping to make it a more universal approach to the way human beings deal with tragedy'
05/11/04
Writer-director Bergman's debut doesn't have stylistic pizazz, and some of its scenes sag a little under the weight of mournful music. But the story is told with stirring simplicity that builds momentum.
04/21/04
Top CriticThere is a seasoned richness and vivid specificity to these lives, for all their hurts and losses.
03/11/04
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