Minyan

I had no idea what to expect from this film, but it didn't disappoint. The storyline is a bit all over the place at parts but you still get the tale it tells. The acting is good, and I like how the dialogue of the main character, David, opens up more and more as he discovers who he is. The ending is not clean and wrapped in a bow but makes you think about the untold story. Solid movie, not great , but solid.

Minyan A very Jewish story about a young man coming of age in New York in the 80's. The script was great and we had some great characterisations, I thought it was a really great movie that breathed in all the right places. David, played by Samuel H Levine, did a great job, he was very compelling. I giving this a firm 6 outta 10 for a solid movie all round despite the issues being small.

A promising storyline unfortunately that does not even come close to its full potential, owing to abrupt scene transitions, poor script and some bad acting here and there. The whole time I was trying to make connections between what one person says and how the other responds. Dialogues are very poorly written and unsubstantial; you are forced to make assumptions constantly. Most of them also strike as quite unrealistic. The music in the film was interesting. In some scenes it was ok but in some it did not make sense considering what was going on. I really wanted to like this movie but it is safe to say for me that it was unfortunately a waste of time.

The movie had a very promising story and the potential to deliver a one-of-a-kind tale. A young Jewish boy trying to understand his identity, making his best to navigate in the modern-day USA while staying truthful to his culture. Unfortunately, it failed from the beginning with the slow and the very unpleasant silence that reigned over the scenes. You can feel the effort to create a deeply touching movie, yet the director only gave us a very long loathsome movie with the lamest ending ever.

I didn't mind this at all, slow burn but not boring. There was something intriguing about the narrative, some left of field scenes and plot holes not explored but mostly a good film. I'm a fan of anything set in New York City and this was a side of it I'd never seen before.

David is trying to find his way as a young Jewish man in NYC - and bumps up against both the traditional and the unaccepted. His older neighbors break the mold he's always known...but the relational ties in the film don't quite get as deep as they need to be.