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Antarctica (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 11

Fresh: 5

Rotten:6

Average Rating: 5.1/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexual content including graphic dialogue, nudity and language

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Nov 14, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: From acclaimed director/writer Yair Hochner arriving the first Israeli queer romantic sexy comedy. In two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn’t found... From acclaimed director/writer Yair Hochner arriving the first Israeli queer romantic sexy comedy.

In two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn’t found himself. But then Omer is hardly looking. Instead he chooses to loose himself among the stacks of books at the local library, where he works. It is a respite from real life. From time to time he goes on blind dates. He meets Danny on one of his dates. 20 years old and full of enthusiasm, Danny dreams of becoming a dancer.

Shirley, Omer’s little sister, has her own problems. Aside from being Omer’s greatest annoyance, she is in an unconventional relationship with, Michal, owner of the city’s hippest coffeehouse and her boss.

Just when it seems that Omer has completely lost his spark and all seems lost. Enter Ronen, the handsome journalist who ignites the flame Omer has been seeking.

Everyone is hoping for a change. They are waiting for the light. The light that will thaw their frozen hearts. But only one person has the answer, Matilda Rose, the alien loving best-selling novelist can solve the issue; Is love dead or are we just looking in all the wrong places?--© Official Site [More]

Starring: Tomer Ilan, Lucy Dubinchik, Guy Zo-Artez, Liat Akta

Starring: Tomer Ilan, Lucy Dubinchik, Guy Zo-Artez, Liat Akta, Yiftach Mizrahi, Ofer Regirer, Rivka Neuman, Yuval Raz, Liala Carry, Dvir Benedek, Yael Deckelbaum

Director: Yair Hochner

Director: Yair Hochner
Screenwriter: Yair Hochner
Producer: Eitan Reuven
Composer: Eli Soorani
Studio: Regent Releasing

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It's fun to see attractive people get together and fall apart.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/05/09
Reyhan Harmanci
San Francisco Chronicle
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Ambition and a roomful of good-looking guys isn't quite enough.

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12/03/08
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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Manages to combine sizzling sex scenes with an actual heart, putting all of the low-budget gay trash that American audiences must suffer through to shame.

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12/03/08
Mark Peikert
New York Press

While the director ogles his cast and busies himself with hackneyed visual metaphors, Antarctica wallows in casual lust and bored disaffection.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
11/28/08
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Amusingly makes the point that men can be rotten to each other like to women in so many heterosexual romantic comedies, but makes this point over and over again.

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
11/27/08
Nora Lee Mandel
Film-Forward.com

The dialogue is lame enough to make one think that the story exists only as an excuse for the sexual couplings.

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11/22/08
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Gay life in today's Tel Aviv is better presented cinematically by the work of Eytan Fox than in this overpopulated, callow effort.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
11/14/08
David Noh
Film Journal International

Hochner is terrific at staging intimate encounters, and he gets his story off to a lively start -- only to run out of ideas and momentum.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
11/14/08
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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This new Israeli sex romp is a better advertisement for the country than a tourist bureau could provide -- at least for gay travelers.

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11/14/08
Stephen Farber
Hollywood Reporter
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It's smart and funny and stylish in a not too obvious way. In other words, it's a good movie, just because it's a good movie.

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11/13/08
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

Antarctica takes urban loneliness as its subject, but though all the characters are strikingly attractive, there's nothing frothy or pandering about Hochner's hermetic homosexual world.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
11/13/08
Ella Taylor
Village Voice
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