Modest to a fault, the introverted family drama Tehilim circles an unsolved mystery and unresolved emotions.
Comment
04/10/08
Tehilim (2007)
29 %
Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 2 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Director: Raphaël Nadjari
Reviews
1 - 7 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top Critic
Imagine a Jewish L’Avventura without any of the profound existential rumination, troubling emotional ennui or unnervingly seductive filmmaking, and a picture will form of this well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic tale of loss.
04/10/08
Indifferently shot and only competently acted, Tehilim derives its emotional force from the inchoate spiritual torment that the older son suffers.
04/08/08
Despite an interesting premise and a good background (contempo Jerusalem), this is a dull, frustrating family melodrama, the weakest of the 3 Israeli films shown in 2007 Cannes Film Festival; the other two are Jellyfish and The Band's Visit.
02/13/08
The cast is superb, the direction flawless, and the film unmistakably consequential.
01/24/08
Exploring unresolved loss with docu-like veracity, this intimate, disturbing tale will prove more frustrating than enlightening for many viewers, despite its conversation-sparking premise.
05/20/07
Top Critic1 - 7 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
IGN RSS Feeds