[Yana's] understated optimism and enjoyment of life gives the film much of its vitality.
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10/08/01
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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Reviews for Yana's Friends
Sweet, sexy, and unexpectedly enchanting, "Yana's Friends" is the little feel-good comedy that could.
03/22/02
It is heartwarming and often funny, but in its lightness somehow misses the mark.
05/24/02
An appealing Israeli film about the resiliency needed by a small band of Russian immigrants to survive in difficult times.
10/13/01
Lots of charm and likeable characters add up to a delightful movie.
07/12/02
Amusing with one unforgettable gag, Kaplun's film does a passable job of portraying the hardships endured by immigrants but is more notable for placing a light-hearted tale in a decidedly heavy time and place.
12/23/01
One of the best date movies to come out in months.
10/12/01
Top CriticSlight though it may be, Yana's Friends is life-affirming and filled with comic spirit that erupts even at the worst of times.
10/12/01
Top CriticPortrays 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
A film whose warm-heartedness overcomes a lack of style.
09/26/01
The treatment, both as satire and sentimentality, is heavy-handed.
03/19/02
Top CriticYana's Friends isn't a black comedy, strictly speaking. But it somehow manages to find a surprising amount of humor in deadly serious and even potentially tragic situations.
07/12/02
[Kaplun's] gentle, clear-eyed affection for his characters smooths out the film's rough edges and reminds viewers that friendship and even joy can be found during the most frightening times.
04/04/03
Yana's Friends works best showing its characters coping with war uncomfortably close to home.
01/31/03
Refreshing.
06/21/02
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
Top CriticI 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
Top CriticA tender, spirited look at love and community in the midst of war.
06/21/02
Top CriticA warm humanity washes over this lovely film, whose message is that gestures of love, however small or awkward, are crucial to the complicated art of survival.
09/26/01
Top CriticWarm, bittersweet and charming.
07/11/02
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