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NORA'S WILL (CINCO DÍAS SIN NORA)Movie Reviews
Spanish language comedy drama about a Jewish woman in Mexico who enlists her former husband's help in planning her funeral, which leads to the revelation of a long-held family secret. Cast:Cecilia Suarez, Veronica Langer, Marina de Tavira, Fernando Luján, Juan Carlos ColomboDirector:Mariana ChenilloRelease Date:July 9, 2010DVD Release:March 20, 2011From:Menemsha EntertainmentLength:1 hr 32 min
MARCH 20, 2011
Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora), Very Good Reviews Key Cities
Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora) played in key cities to very good reviews. • Tom Long wrote in the Detroit News, "When you think funny, Mexican Jews, death and mental illness do not automatically come to mind.... a strangely sweet film about how family functions..." • And Rob Nelson wrote in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "...a keenly observant and kosher Jewish-Mexican chagigah..." More Reviews Below...
Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora) Positive Reviews (24 Reviews, reviews below)
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Spanish-language comedy about family, suicide, recipes, rabbis, secrets, Jewish burial traditions, and Christian florists is a fantastic first feature..."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 88 words, 11/12/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (9 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: MODERATE "Fernando Luján maintains a dignified hold on your attention.... it suggests writer/director Mariana Chenillo might have more to say further down the line."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 513 words, 10/15/10
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Mariana Chenillo displays great sureness of touch behind the camera.... executed with a rare delicacy and a genuine affection for the foibles of fallible human beings..."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 10/29/10
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...writer/director Mariana Chenillo and Fernando Luján carefully unwrap José's defensive postures to reveal a hard center of unresolved emotion..."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 214 words, 10/13/10
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "What's atypical here is the delicacy of the palette and the hue of the drawing - it's more like a light black comedy. Or, less kindly, a slight black comedy..."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 690 words, 03/04/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "Nora's orchestrated suicide may have been a clever gimmick on the page, but onscreen it's a profoundly shitty thing to do to her loved ones.... I couldn't let it go."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 222 words, 03/03/11
KEY CITIES (11 Reviews)
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a gentle comedy... the comedy isn't so much jokey as wry.... the film comes to its surprising and satisfyingly sly conclusion..."(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 512 words, 09/24/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD(cg) "...marvelous, low-key... a movie that reminds us that no matter the culture or religion, no one is ever at their very best when a loved one -- even an ex-loved one, has died."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 476 words, 08/13/10
Rob Nelson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a keenly observant and kosher Jewish-Mexican chagigah, wherein a middle-aged woman's suicide leaves a bountiful community in its wake."(See all of Rob Nelson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 153 words, 08/20/10
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a very wise film, without any stench of didacticism: Through it all, the abiding power - like the strong force of an atomic bond - is not love exactly, but relationship..."(See all of Richard Nilsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 406 words, 03/25/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a witty, deceptively wispy tale of family grievances and reconciliation... a wise film that doesn't insist on its own wisdom."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 589 words, 12/03/10
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...not quite a comedy, and 'dramedy' is too cutesy by half.... has a relaxed familiarity that offsets its more forceful quirks."(See all of Amy Biancolli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 357 words, 02/25/11
Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD(cg) "...softly rendered by Mariana Chenillo, the first woman to win a Mexican Academy Award for best director... reminiscent of the recent Italian film 'Mid-August Lunch.' "(See all of Marc Mohan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 212 words, 12/10/10
Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: EXCELLENT(cg) "Mariana Chenillo's gently tragic, irreverently comical film is a charmer... a modestly underplayed comedy of antisocial errors."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 348 words, 07/08/10
Tom Long, Detroit News: VERY GOOD(cg) "When you think funny, Mexican Jews, death and mental illness do not automatically come to mind.... a strangely sweet film about how family functions..."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 315 words, 07/30/10
Orlando Aloma, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD(cg) "...first-time feature director Mariana Chenillo shuffles her chips adroitly -- solid, natural acting; no flashy camera movements; no do-or-die conflicts..."(See all of Orlando Aloma's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 176 words, 04/02/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...writer/director Mariana Chenillo and Fernando Luján carefully unwrap José's defensive postures to reveal a hard center of unresolved emotion..."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 214 words, 10/13/10
Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...commendably dares to view suicide as an agent of familial cohesion, but it simplifies its most fecund conflicts to the point of characterizing fodder."(See all of Joseph Jon Lanthier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 714 words, 10/10/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "Nora's orchestrated suicide may have been a clever gimmick on the page, but onscreen it's a profoundly shitty thing to do to her loved ones.... I couldn't let it go."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 222 words, 03/03/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: MODERATE "Fernando Luján maintains a dignified hold on your attention.... it suggests writer/director Mariana Chenillo might have more to say further down the line."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 513 words, 10/15/10
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Mariana Chenillo displays great sureness of touch behind the camera.... executed with a rare delicacy and a genuine affection for the foibles of fallible human beings..."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 10/29/10
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: VERY GOOD "...wry, loving, alternately cool and warm... one of those modestly scaled foreign-language films destined to draw mature adult viewers who rarely go to the movies."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 569 words, 10/22/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Mariana Chenillo displays great sureness of touch behind the camera.... executed with a rare delicacy and a genuine affection for the foibles of fallible human beings..."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 10/29/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: MODERATE "Fernando Luján maintains a dignified hold on your attention.... it suggests writer/director Mariana Chenillo might have more to say further down the line."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 513 words, 10/15/10
12.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora)'s reviews are separated by an average 12.5 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora)'s reviews cover 24.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 8,871 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 370 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora) Coverage, Volume & Length (24 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 128 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora)'s reviews on average broke 128 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Nora's Will (Cinco días sin Nora) (24 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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