Menashe

...is a bittersweet treat – a vibrantly engaging portrait of down-to-earth lives that is affectionate, amusing and ultimately very moving.

“Menashe” är både komedi och tragedi och dokumentär i en enda, Cassavetes-inspirerad utandning. Den går på ett unikt sätt rakt in i en chassidiska vardagen utan någon guide eller förklaring.

Den bittersøde og charmerende ‘Menashe’ er dokumentarinstruktøren Weinsteins første fiktionsfilm, og man mærker tydeligt hans dokumentariske baggrund.

...the film is so intimate and so nuanced in its depiction of the woes of Menashe the character that there’s really no need for anything else.

...given the Hasidic community’s not-exactly active embrace of documentary filmmakers, this is likely to be the closest look we get at their world for some time.

What an extraordinary feeling to watch a movie that essentially wraps its arms around you and says, It’s okay, buddy. We’ve all been there.