Between the Temples

Between the Temples is often funny, sometimes uncomfortable to watch, and, despite its flaws, quite moving.

Singing in its own key, there might not be a more authentic and purely entertaining film this year.

Director Nathan Silver’s hopeful film demonstrates the adaptability of tradition, and the possibility of reconciliation and continuity across the generations.

There is something about watching people having a really really hard time which can be very very funny, and there's also a real sweetness at the center of its story.

The complexity and the layers of partially healed emotional scars that underpin [Carol Kane's] sunny, goofy performance in Between the Temples make this a career-best contender for the 72-year-old actor.

Silver’s ninth feature revels in capturing the alchemical, off-kilter chaos of oddballs in proximity&#59; what makes it special has as much to do with the strange, spontaneous energies that fill the air between his characters as what it is they’re saying.

If you thought Nobody Wants This was the raciest religion-infused rom-com of 2024 or Nicole Kidman had cornered the cougar market, just wait until you see Nathan Silver’s provocative tale that’s more Harold and Maude than Family Affair’s Brooke and Chris.

It might not be kosher, but it is hilariously uncomfortable.

It may have some minor cliches of American independent cinema and Jewish comedy, but it is an enjoyable film and at times - in its own unconventional way - unequivocally moving. [Full review in Spanish]

Both talented actors, staples in this type of cinema, bring life to complex characters, and for them, the film also represents a "second chance" in their respective careers. [Full review in Spanish]