Every Time We Say Goodbye Reviews

Stock wartime romance featuring an appealing young Tom Hanks. It's 1942, and David (Hanks), an American flier serving with the British Royal Air Force, is in Jerusalem, recuperating from an injury. His squadron leader is about to marry, and David falls in love with Sarah (Cristina Marsillach), best friend of the bride-to-be. Although Sarah is initially hesitant, their romance blossoms, much to the dismay of her family--Sephardic Jews who strongly disapprove of David, who's the son of a Christian minister. Finally, in an outlandish attempt to exact obedience from their daughter, Sarah's parents hold her captive in her room. Hanks, as usual, is especially likable in this well-written if cliched romantic role. Marsillach, a Spanish actress who has found more success in Europe than in the States, stars here in her first American picture. Director Moshe Mizrahi (best known for his 1977 Oscar-winning feature, MADAME ROSA) fails to make much of the narrative's potentially fascinating time and place, other than throwing out a couple of token observations about British colonial rule.