America

Braids blunt melodramatic storytelling with a softer, more searching look at conflicted identity, both cultural and sexual. If the film isn’t always narratively credible, it’s sincerely felt to the last.

Israeli writer/director Graizer creates a lush, tragic romantic triangle. Appealing characters’ colorful environs reflect their presents and their pasts that determine their fates. Sensitive layers keep the melodrama from overwhelming the affecting story

Praised by all of the reviews out so far, America might teach you more about floral arrangements than Judaism, but with its superb cinematography (Omri Aloni), fine acting, and leisurely pace, you’ll have more than enough time to ponder the film’s title.

It’s not a movie that is easy to categorize and just when you think you have figured out where it’s going, Graizer steers his characters in a different direction.

Grazier’s film is a thoughtful, meditative character study that yields as many insights as it does emotions.

Luxuriantly sensual, Ofir Raul Graizer’s America boldly embraces melodrama in a film marked by strong, nuanced, performances.

This emotionally satisfying film is something of an untraditional love triangle

While heart-tugging sentiment is not entirely shunned... it is handled with sufficient tact and sensitivity to heighten rather than cheapen the story’s overall impact.