'The characters are so ordinary and identifiable helping to make it a more universal approach to the way human beings deal with tragedy'
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05/11/04
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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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Reviews for Broken Wings
It's not until the film is over that we fully appreciate the originality of an Israeli film that focuses completely on the family crisis while leaving politics behind altogether.
05/02/04
Broken Wings has heart and a poetic soul.
04/30/04
Top CriticThis story could take place anywhere there are families struggling to remake themselves in the aftermath of tragedy; its universality is perhaps the most potent political message of all.
04/26/04
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04/23/04
Bergman's debut feature is tender yet disturbing, sad yet at times funny.
04/23/04
The relatively inconsequential and languid movie merely marks time until a predictable tragedy occurs in the middle. It's easily guessed resolution comes at the end.
04/22/04
Writer-director Nir Bergman, in his feature film debut, captures this fractured family's halting attempts to put itself back together again with compassion and intelligence, drawing understated performances from his entire cast.
04/22/04
Well-made, if rather predictable, new-age melodrama.
04/21/04
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 CriticThis is a movie with four children at hand, but its views of ambiguity and human complexity are distinctly grown-up.
04/16/04
A beautifully sad, heartwarming family drama.
04/16/04
The performances are uniformly strong.
04/15/04
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 promising feature debut for both director and actress
04/14/04
It's one of those small features that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you leave the theatre.
04/09/04
While there's nothing ordinary about Bergman's accomplished family story, the line resonates with the director's own philosophy.
04/09/04
The excellence of the acting and Bergman's keen eye and ear make us hope for the family.
04/09/04
Top CriticA believable, tender story of how a terrible crisis can turn out to have a positive, transforming effect on a family as long as there is love.
04/08/04
Top CriticMaron, a lovely young actress with a gift for soulful silence, does some heartbreaking work.
04/02/04
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