An absolute gem of a film filled with universal messages about faith, family, hope, expectation, and longing.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 26, 2020

There is a sweetness and honesty to the proceedings that elevate the movie above what the genre has us expecting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 5, 2020

This movie is a great example of what the future of Rom-Coms can deliver, embracing all the genre's positivity and romance, but adding the twists, darkness, and raw emotion that gives it both staying power and immediate relevance.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 18, 2019

... those with the patience for a quieter story about making it to the altar should find Michal relatable and worth rooting for.

| Dec 19, 2017

As Michal's crisis deepens, the film begins to put aside that comic patina and Noa Koler's face is effective at transmitting the mood changes her character goes through. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 4, 2017

Burshtein doesn't critique the social restrictions that Michal feels, which keeps her film from feeling parochial.

| Sep 8, 2017

Director Burshtein is both morally serious and subtly funny, overcoming the clichs of romantic comedy with a sideways exploration of the nature of love and faith.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 8, 2017

Yes, [it] sounds like high-concept nonsense, but the movie transcends such confining boundaries, probably because of Burshtein's good-humored affection for the characters who populate her story.

| Aug 30, 2017

The Wedding Plan won Israel's award for Best Film, for very good reasons.

| Aug 29, 2017

The way Burshtein has the story keep chugging along mimics the uncertainty felt in the whole business of dating and falling in love.

| Jun 29, 2017

It's a message movie, a window into a culture that makes the specific and personal universally relatable, and still manages to tell a good story.

| Jun 23, 2017

Like [Burshtein's] first film, Fill the Void, this new one is an improbable and unique love story, touched with humor and heart.

| Jun 22, 2017

Director Rama Burshtein's effort is a thoughtful and unique film that will be relatable to anyone who had to work a little to find love, even if it didn't take them quite so long.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2017

The Wedding Plan is intimate and occasionally fascinating, but as an entertainment it's trite and frequently sleep-inducing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 8, 2017

Transcends [a] gimmicky premise to find a genuinely poignant sweet spot...Key to the film's charm and sincerity is Noa Kooler ...Refreshingly, the women are not stereotypes.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 3, 2017

I'm not as fond of The Wedding Plan, which substitutes the palpable fervency of Fill the Void with so-so comedy.

| Jun 2, 2017

While it has its charms, it ultimately feels more 'something old' than it does 'something new.'

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 2, 2017

How "The Wedding Plan" ends I won't spoil, but it is that rare romantic comedy that manages to be satisfyingly familiar and bracingly different.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 2, 2017

While it helps to know something about that culture, it's not necessary to appreciate Michal's struggles, what drives her or the humor that often animates the film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 1, 2017

The Wedding Plan will be no one's idea of a Western rom-com starring a sexy Hollywood ingenue, but for those who are inclined, it will be a ringing endorsement of the belief that God, indeed, works in mysterious ways.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 1, 2017