Last night, I had the pleasure to see this movie at the East Bay Jewish Film Festival, here in Northern California. After weeks of rainy weather here, I felt that I needed to get out and have something to lighten me up. Rom-Coms are not designed to win any awards, but just to entertain you. So, I went in there not expecting too much. There are actually very few rom-coms that I think to recommend to my friends, as they usually have no substance. This movie had enough going on that it kept my interest the entire time and at the end, it got polite applause from our full auditorium.
The last reviewer seems to be an Israeli, who knows more about Israeli society than I do. There is this connection to Israeli football (soccer to us) that is part of the story and one also needs to know that Israel has many kind of Jews and Jews from all over the world. This is central to the story, as the waitress he has interest in, is not from the higher parts of Israeli society, as the girl who he has been dating for many years has. In the US, it would be equivalent to the girl from the other side of the tracks. But there is enough going on with the romance and the career path of Dan to keep it interesting and funny enough. For me an 8 out of 10.
The last reviewer seems to be an Israeli, who knows more about Israeli society than I do. There is this connection to Israeli football (soccer to us) that is part of the story and one also needs to know that Israel has many kind of Jews and Jews from all over the world. This is central to the story, as the waitress he has interest in, is not from the higher parts of Israeli society, as the girl who he has been dating for many years has. In the US, it would be equivalent to the girl from the other side of the tracks. But there is enough going on with the romance and the career path of Dan to keep it interesting and funny enough. For me an 8 out of 10.