Simply A Masterpiece

Pretty Good

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

if you're an upper west side jew who is afraid to go below 59th st or above 116th st, you work in your family's fish store (and you plan to work there for the next 40 years of your life), this movie is actually about your life. so you should see it.for the rest of you (and me) who don't fall into that category, here's why we should see it:1. change is scary, but a lot of the times it's also so needed. this movie is a good reminder about that. 2. it has a lot of fish. fish can never be a bad thing. 3. also bagels. 4. you can never see too many love stories. this one will make you laugh, feel a little awkward and maybe even tear up. 5. this movie deserves to be seen more than any of the Hollywood glam movies that are out at the moment. this movie is real. 6. it gives an answer to the ultimate question that we've been asking for CENTURIES; what's a putzel?so, yeah. just watch it. watch it now.

Went into a special screening of Putzel in New York not knowing what to expect. Walked out finding it surprisingly hilarious. The performances and the music hit you in just the right way. It's all very Woody Allen. I know my Jewish parents will love it, so as soon as it gets released a online I'm going to get them to watch it. Melanie Lynskey is really great in this. I am a fan of her work and she did not disappoint. I had never seen Jack Carpenter before this movie and in the first 10 minutes I really clicked onto him. John Pankow is especially hilarious. The movie has a very honest feel and is overall a great film. I would recommend it to anyone.

A wonderful light but not silly film. Terrific acting, especially from Melanie Lynskey. Pankow is incredible there too. Stepehn Park deserves an award there, he knows how to play subtly, delicately, yet funny. Music is great, story sticks together, some jokes stay with you long after, very funny, witty, sweet, smart. Go and see it, you will have a great time! Very Jewish, very clever, impeccable little film made on small budget with a huge professed love for New York city, which I love dearly. Even supporting actors are great, like the actor who plays the bar tender. I think I will never forget his face and his eyes, Jarlath Conroy. Allegra Cohen, the producer, plays in this film and is stunningly beautiful but knows how to be discrete. Fantastic. Thank you, Allegra Cohen!

If, like me, you've bemoaned the lack of character-based, pathos-filled, and genuinely laugh-out-loud funny relationship comedies lately, then Putzel will come as a welcome breath of whitefish and lox-scented air. With all the bite and heart of the best Billy Wilder movies, director Jason Chaet tells a story of dysfunctional romance and blighted dreams, set entirely within the delivery radius of an old-school, family-owned Manhattan deli. The stakes have never been higher for Walter "Putzel" Himmelstein as he gamely attempts to manage an uncertain future, a wildly egotistical uncle, an irrational phobia, and a deli counter, which all finally comes into focus for him when a ballet and fish-loving shiksa goddess played by the always great Melanie Lynskey plies (plee-ayys?) into his life. There's bona fide laughter and tears here, and it all comes in a witty, Manischewitz-soaked punch.