Noodle (2007)
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100% of critics liked it
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91% of users liked it
(546 ratings)
A melancholy Israeli flight attendant finds new meaning in life on her quest to reunite a six year-old Chinese boy nicknamed Noodle with his missing mother. Miri (Mili Avital) is a two-time war widow who has long since lost her lust for life and spends most days simply going through the motions.… More A melancholy Israeli flight attendant finds new meaning in life on her quest to reunite a six year-old Chinese boy nicknamed Noodle with his missing mother. Miri (Mili Avital) is a two-time war widow who has long since lost her lust for life and spends most days simply going through the motions. Miri lives with her sister Gila (Anat Waxman), who is currently wrestling with the troublesome prospect of ending her marriage to her husband Izzy (Alon Aboutboul). One day, upon returning home from work, Miri is recruited by the family's Chinese housekeeper (Vicky Lyn) to watch her young son as she runs an important errand. When the housekeeper mysteriously fails to return, however, Miri and her trusty airline coworkers make it their mission on life to reunite mother and son though whatever means possible. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.
- Directed By
- Ayelet Menahemi
- Written By
- Assaf Amir, Yoav Roeh; Ayelet Menahemi, Shemi Zarhin
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Jul 26, 2007 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Paul Byrnes, Sydney Morning Herald
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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Julie Rigg, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
It has warmth and real insight.
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Dov Kornits, FILMINK (Australia)
By the time the film reaches its lump-in-the-throat conclusion, you'll be glad to have discovered this touching and universal story.
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Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia)
You 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.
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Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
It'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.
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