Customer Reviews
God counts the tears of women - By: B. Chandler, 03 May 2005 
A person who deals with diamonds is missing. Detective Emily Eden (Melanie Griffith) is assigned to find him & missing diamonds. Not long into the story the missing person is found (DEAD). The victim is a member of a closed trusting society. This leads the detective to draw the conclusion that it had to be the unthinkable; "an inside job" by someone(s) trusted. The solution is to go undercover & wait for an opportunity to identify the perpetrator(s).
The detective story is the veneer of the movie however it is integral enough to include Emily's background friends & past environment. This fleshes out Emily's character & the choices she made in life.
The choice of Melanie Griffith as someone hardboiled & expounding the things she has scene is stretching it a bit. Also as with some one playing a kids role she acts more like a three year old. And occasionallly the terrible two's. However by the end of the film we forget this & except the character. Most of the other actors fit their characters well. One problem I had was watching Leah (Mia Sara), I kept thinking of her in "Farris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)
The true or sociallly redeeming part of the story is the interaction & reaction of the people as they grow from knowing each other. We get a little cultural exchange & few universal incites, including the concept of one's soul mate which is found again in many philosophies.
Is the mystery solved?
Has Emily and/or others learned from the experience?
God counts the tears of women.
Hassidim meets Goyim, and is never the same - By: Mr. J. C. Cameron, 28 Jan 2005 
This film is the reason I purchased a Starlogic Multiregion
DVD Player;because I had to join the the large community
of "Region 1 Importers" to see it again
Ms Griffiths' laid-back portrayal of a bare armed, short-skirted
gentile "shikse" cop, who is not scared of a gun recoil or two
is excellent & so is the portrayal of Hassidic life;especiallly
the preparations for Shabbas( the Jewish sabbath ) & pays
accurate attention to the dietary laws of the Koshrut & female
modesty which SHE has to observe in order to blend in
A very enjoyable film;up there with "Working Girl";Tippy Hedron,
her Maw would be proud of her !
