It's mostly shot in 1.2:1 ration to mimic an Instagram post, but also brilliantly uses wider frames and claymation to show the shifting emotions of its characters

| Feb 13, 2024

There are many larger, more all-encompassing films about growing up. Some span years instead of Tahara’s mere hours, but few have been able to distill the teenage experience so accurately: the small, nightmarish miracle of finding your place in this world

| Aug 6, 2023

On several levels, Tahara is excellent. As a movie with interesting characters coming of age in the least likely of scenarios, it works quite well and was totally enjoyable.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 4, 2023

The soundtrack brilliantly punctuates the uniquely Yiddish humor that runs throughout the film.

| Sep 23, 2022

There is a conflict, to me, between the somber setting and event and the what seems to be selfish behavior by the two teenagers

| Original Score: C | Aug 18, 2022

This coming of age tale is the contrasting character study of quiet, introspective Carrie...and showboating, self-absorbed Hannah...a combination which results in both moving drama and cringey comedy.

| Original Score: B | Aug 15, 2022

All the young actors are on the same page, and the finely-delivered one-liners unfold at just the right rhythm.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 1, 2022

Explores the very distinctive ways that traumatic situations can land on young people who are inevitably wrapped up in their own little dramas.

| Jun 14, 2022

Peace and Zeidman have treated us to a coming of age movie that tracks the superficiality and shifting sands of teen relationships.

| Jun 13, 2022

Tahara offers a compelling alternative to relentlessly positive queer teen media, which typically seems to underestimate the teenage capacity for cruelty.

| Jun 13, 2022

Tahara is, quite simply, a quietly extraordinary film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Jun 11, 2022

A mildly engaging and well-acted exploration of female friendship, but not as witty, profound or moving as Shiva Baby or Ghost World.

| Jun 11, 2022

Tahara may only have off-screen death and only go as far as a kiss — it still has the danger of the best queer art.

| Jun 10, 2022

While some aspects might feel slight, Tahara is an engrossing coming-of-age tale bolstered by its distinctive visual style and well-matched leads.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 10, 2022

It's a poignant film that treats its subjects with respect as they try to search for answers to their love life

| Original Score: B | Jun 10, 2022

A provocative and often funny study of teen angst that morphs into an emotional thriller...

| Jun 10, 2022

There's ... real skill ... in how Tahara goes from being uncomfortably funny to becoming simply and increasingly uncomfortable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 10, 2022

The Hebrew-school comedy “Tahara” mimics the zinging pleasure of overhearing teenagers chatter as they walk home from school: It’s gossipy, delicious and a tad cruel.

| Jun 9, 2022

Tahara has a personal vision behind it, commanding writing and terrifically layered performances from Madeline Grey DeFreece and Rachel Sennott

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 8, 2022

Offers a blistering, authentic view of the teen experience in America, with a refreshingly different setting in the Jewish community.

| Jun 6, 2022