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09/19/08
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:22
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 2, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Shlomi takes care of everyone. He feeds his grandfather, bathes him and listens to his fictitious stories from World War II. He reminds his older brother to take his medication on time and intently... [More]
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Reviews for Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Top CriticZarhin has a fine ear for dialogue with refreshing directness and loud rings of truth, but he also knows when to let looks speak volumes.
12/03/04
Top CriticLike its protagonist, Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi is slow to reveal its charms.
12/03/04
Top CriticThe story in director Shemi Zarhin's film proves predictable and a little too delighted with its own quirkiness.
12/03/04
Top CriticWhere writer-director Zarhin excels is in offhanded human comedy -- in the craziness that comes with being a teenager in a house full of lunatics to whom you're related.
11/28/04
Top CriticAn Israeli Good Will Hunting, a feel-good movie about an unassuming teen and the machinations necessary to reveal his hidden genius.
11/19/04
Top CriticWhat it's really about is a subject anyone who has ever been an adolescent can relate to: the period when you start to take responsibility for what kind of person you are and what kind of life you're going to have.
10/07/04
Zarhin's episodic, unpredictable film is life-affirming.
10/01/04
Top CriticNothing in it -- plot, dialogue or character development -- reaches today's standards of filmmaking.
10/01/04
So much goodness becomes a little wearying over the course of 94 minutes. You wait for Shlomi to take charge of his life, and of course he eventually does, but he almost has to be hit over the head to get there.
09/10/04
Oshri Cohen has such a gentle way about him - it works well for a character that would gladly be the caregiver for the world.
09/10/04
A warm exception to coming-of-age stories that accent the tacky and vulgar aspects of adolescent awakening.
09/09/04
A slight but winsome, affirmative film.
09/09/04
Top CriticThough its destination is entirely predictable, the warm-hearted picture proves a quite pleasant vehicle for getting there.
09/06/04
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09/03/04
Cohen has the inevitable 'liquid eyes,' but he also conveys, through his physical restraint, a kind of immense inner stillness, the spirit asleep within.
08/20/04
Top CriticFor 94 minutes it does quite a nice job transferring the fabulous old chestnut recently desecrated by the Hilary Duff vehicle A Cinderella Story into middle-class Tel Aviv.
08/20/04
Top CriticHas an easy sentimentality that becomes grating, playing heavily on conventional devices, suffering from lack of risk-taking and an irrelevant poetic refrain that, to be charitable, doesn't translate that well to English.
08/08/04
The moral is muddled, never quite knowing which way to turn, and that hurts this otherwise sweet family tale.
07/23/04
Though Zarhin's humor sometimes veers toward that of the situation comedy (even in Hebrew this can happen; who knew?), spirited performances and a charming, upbeat story make it impossible to dislike Shlomi and his family.
07/15/04
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