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Restoring Tomorrow

I generally have a problem with documentarians who assume too much from their audience before their movie even begins.  The purpose of most documentaries is to pitch ideas to viewers and then supply supported arguments – gradually warming over movie goers.  A documentary like this one, Restoring Tomorrow, immediately expects viewers to be just as – if not more – attached to the subject manner than the doc’s own filmmaker, Aaron Wolf.

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Menashe

Menashe acts as both a faithful slice of life of ultra-Orthodox Judaism and an effective character drama from the perspective of a widower.  The resonance is thin though, leaving the audience feeling lukewarm towards Joshua Z Weinstein’s otherwise efficient movie.