Here, the background of grief helps: it deepens the characterisation, so that the emotion feels earned. Yet there is sentimentality here, leavened by Menahemi's understated humour and sense of purpose.
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06/26/09
Noodle (2007)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:5
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Starring: Mili Avital, BaoQi Chen, Alon Abutbul, Yiftach Klein
Director: Ayet Menahemi
Reviews for Noodle
1 - 6 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticBy the time the film reaches its lump-in-the-throat conclusion, you'll be glad to have discovered this touching and universal story.
06/19/09
Top CriticYou don’t want to examine the contrivances of plot too closely but all the strands come together in a tense and emotionally satisfying climax. This is a perfect film for audiences who want to avoid confronting cinema.
06/19/09
Top CriticIt's an enjoyable feel-good story that builds up slowly but delivers plenty of emotional zing with a joyous pay-off that takes us as high as the plane that travels from Tel Aviv to Beijing.
06/12/09
Top CriticIt has warmth and real insight.
06/19/09
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