A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.
Hester Street has generally received positive reviews.
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Hester Street was released in 1975 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 20 reviews, giving Hester Street (1975) an average rating of 65%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 75% and users giving an average score of 77%.
With a score of 65%, Hester Street is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1975, which stands at 60%.
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