83 The Playlist | Mark Zhuravsy The Matchmaker is at heart an unexpectedly complex film about love, but also an examination of Israel in flux, a country with one foot in the past and another in the future – a weight that may never fully vacate Israeli shoulders. Read full review
80 Village Voice | An old-fashioned Mediterranean coming-of-age story set in the young heart of the Levant, The Matchmaker combines the tender tone of a film like "Cinema Paradiso" with a clear-eyed, street-level vantage on Israel's summer of the Six-Day War. Read full review
80 Variety | This look back at late-'60s Haifa makes for strong, accessible, character-driven drama. Read full review
80 Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan It sounds like a throwback to an earlier, more traditional style of Israeli filmmaking but it instead provides a view of that country that's as satisfyingly eccentric and unexpected as anything we've seen. Read full review