 Although Bourekas films were some of the most successful in the box office, they typically received terrible reviews from critics.They were cited as "low-brow" and "vulgar", with great concern as to this genre of film representing the Israeli people abroad.In critiquing "Sallah Shabbati" Biltzki in "Al hoMishmar" said, "Because parties in Israel are presented not only in the distorted mirror of a distorted humor but also in the ugly mirror of the image of public and organizational life...One has to think twice if such a film should represent us abroad".