This sweet, yet unsentimental film is about growing up, losing innocence, and longing for a place, and people, to call home.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
It really only comes alive in its shots of people in the neighborhood sitting around their television sets. What we're really talking about here is a problem in scope. In Hamburger's film, the world is no bigger than a cup.Read Full Review »
70
The New York Times: A.O. Scott
The performances are charming and convincing, and Mr. Joelsas does a good job of conveying Mauro’s loneliness and confusion as well as his playfulness. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation may not be terribly fresh or original, but its warm, sweet, nostalgic tone is hard to dislike.Read Full Review »
70
Village Voice: Jean Oppenheimer
This warmly engaging film benefits from its understated approach (it suggests rather than spells out the political turmoil), and its light, comedic tone never mitigates the drama of the central story.Read Full Review »
60
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
A sweet and somber film that works hard to overcome its limitations.Read Full Review »
50
Washington Post: John Anderson
What The Year My Parents Went on Vacation seems to be about, in the end, is big-time sport as the opiate of the masses.Read Full Review »
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