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Hebrew language comedy drama about a human resources manager for a large bakery in Jerusalem, who is asked to escort the body of an employee killed in a suicide bombing back to her native Romania. Cast:Mark Ivanir, Noah Silver, Rozina Kambus, Julien Negulesco, Thanassis Karathanos, Gila AlmagorDirector:Eran RiklisRelease Date:March 4, 2011DVD Release:November 8, 2011From:Film MovementLength:1 hr 43 min
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
The Human Resources Manager, Good (Not Great) Reviews Key Cities
The Human Resources Manager played in key cities to good not great reviews. • Emanuel Levy wrote for Cinema 24/7, "...defies easy generic categorizations, blending drama and comedy, light satire and social critique, and above all propagating a universal humanist message." • And Stan Hall called the film in the Portland Oregonian, "...an enjoyable, alternately light and prickly dramedy..." More Reviews Below...
The Human Resources Manager Positive Reviews (17 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (5 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "...disappointingly shallow... only the dead are named, and the living are reduced to stereotypes.... dissolves into a Kafkaesque search for a nonexistent homeland..."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 379 words, 03/04/11
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...adroitly mixes moving personal drama, absurdist comedy and site-specific cultural situations.... a solid and engrossing piece of old-school filmmaking..."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 545 words, 03/11/11
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "Tender irony and dark humor abound... Israeli director Eran Riklis's understated grasp of his story's wider implications pays rich dividends."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 214 words, 03/02/11
KEY CITIES (7 Reviews)
Rachel Saslow, Washington Post: POOR(cg) "...a depressing and slow Israeli film... The main character is stagnant, and the plot revolves around delivering a corpse and peaks with a funeral."(See all of Rachel Saslow's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 408 words, 04/29/11
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "Mark Ivanir delivers a perceptive performance as the office worker whose mission of mourning wakes him up to the futility of his living-dead desk-bound life."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 110 words, 04/15/11
John Hartl, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a thoughtful Israeli drama about a Jerusalem bakery manager's trip to the Eastern European home of a deceased young immigrant employee."(See all of John Hartl's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 247 words, 03/25/11
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE(cg) "...because we don't know or care much about the characters, this Israeli film never fulfills its potential as either an absurdist comedy or a humane drama."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 268 words, 04/22/11
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Riiklis sneaks subversive comedy into the story... uses its comic veneer to illustrate that people can actually learn to get along -- and even like each other."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 250 words, 03/18/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (3 Reviews)
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "Tender irony and dark humor abound... Israeli director Eran Riklis's understated grasp of his story's wider implications pays rich dividends."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 214 words, 03/02/11
Diego Costa, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...makes it clear, by the end, the film's seriousness about crafting a solemn allegory for the Jewish plight and quest for home."(See all of Diego Costa's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 434 words, 03/02/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "...disappointingly shallow... only the dead are named, and the living are reduced to stereotypes.... dissolves into a Kafkaesque search for a nonexistent homeland..."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 379 words, 03/04/11
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...adroitly mixes moving personal drama, absurdist comedy and site-specific cultural situations.... a solid and engrossing piece of old-school filmmaking..."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 545 words, 03/11/11
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: VERY GOOD "...a tragicomic, memorably gritty road movie... All of this is entirely realistic, as well as surprisingly gripping, and yet it's something else as well.... marvelously crafted..."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 664 words, 03/04/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Jay Weissberg, Daily Variety: WEAK "...artificial feel-good warmth and tired caricature... a bland quest drama... the stereotypes and tugs for sympathy will play best on smallscreens."(See all of Jay Weissberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 709 words, 08/14/10
Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "The film has wit and character... director Eran Riklis lets his cast find riches in their characters that help illuminate a thoughtful and well-crafted tale."(See all of Ray Bennett's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 546 words, 10/15/10
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...adroitly mixes moving personal drama, absurdist comedy and site-specific cultural situations.... a solid and engrossing piece of old-school filmmaking..."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 545 words, 03/11/11
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: EXCELLENT(cg) "...defies easy generic categorizations, blending drama and comedy, light satire and social critique, and above all propagating a universal humanist message."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 578 words, 01/05/11
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "...disappointingly shallow... only the dead are named, and the living are reduced to stereotypes.... dissolves into a Kafkaesque search for a nonexistent homeland..."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 379 words, 03/04/11
19.1 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Human Resources Manager's reviews are separated by an average 19.1 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.
The Human Resources Manager (17 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Human Resources Manager's reviews cover 15.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 6,399 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 376 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Human Resources Manager Coverage, Volume & Length (17 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 15.0 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Human Resources Manager's reviews on average broke 15.0 hours 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 The Human Resources Manager's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Human Resources Manager (17 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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