
A voyage from the Ukraine to New York to Israel, portraying the wanderings, hopes and illusions of the vanishing Odessa Jewish community.... (Full plot summary below)
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A voyage from the Ukraine to New York to Israel, portraying the wanderings, hopes and illusions of the vanishing Odessa Jewish community.
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| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis leisurely, transfixing movie is much more interested in nostalgic atmosphere than "educational" facts. |
| VarietyJohn AndersonGlacial in its pacing but beautifully, mournfully evocative of its subjects' ethnic/psychic exile. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOdessa ... Odessa! could use a little more narrative substance to augment its haunting imagery but is ultimately a memorable portrait of cultural dislocation. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe Brighton Beach crowds come off more like tourists, and the Odessans in Israel can't seem to decide which is their real homeland. And it's all very confusing. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanA modernist travelogue, at once impressionistic and precise. |
| Film ThreatJeremy MathewsA lyrical poem to the lost places in our past and our heritage. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenAs it observes these people, most of them well over 60, it conjures a melancholy definition of exile as a haunted state of mind. |
| New York PostRussell Scott SmithSometimes beautiful to look at but ultimately too poetic for its own good. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsToo pretty to dismiss, but too dull to recommend. |