Rotten
If director Eran Riklis's intention is to show the blossoming humanity, so to speak, of a human resources manager, the transformation is much too subtle to work.
Rachel Saslow, Washington Post
The Human Resources Manager
2010 · 1h 43m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Eran Riklis
Overview
A tragic comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even with incidents involving drunken locals, an underground bunker and a decommissioned tank, the film doesn't build the comic momentum of good intentions hurtling downhill in a strange land.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
A cross-cultural shaggy-dog story along the lines of Bill Forsyth's "Local Hero."
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Yehoshua and Riklis are sometimes better at setting things up than following through, but the result suggests a novelistic density.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten
Ivanir's acting is the key - he portrays the transition without sentimentalizing his character.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
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