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Ushpizin (2005)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:56
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Ushpizin offers a rare and warmly intimate look into ultra-Orthodox Jewish culture.
Theatrical Release:Oct 19, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $1,381,814
Synopsis: A heartwarming and humorous Israeli drama set in the customarily closed world of ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ushpizin is the story of Moshe and Malli, a married couple, who are suffering through a... [More]
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Reviews for Ushpizin
Ushpizin's prayer-ends-all-hardships plot is one-note. But the flick does offer hope.
10/21/05
It had me, this film with blessings on its mind.
11/28/05
The great achievement of Mr. Dar and Mr. Rand is their success in bridging the gap between secularism and fundamentalism with an even more universal humanism.
11/14/05
Top CriticMichal Bat-Sheva Rand took on acting for the first time and the result is terrific.
12/05/05
As a portrayal of a heretofore invisible culture, it's an important and welcome cinematic milestone.
10/27/05
Dryly funny and richly humane, Ushpizin marries biblical simplicity to secular banality to depict an everyday miracle of devotion rewarded.
06/15/07
Carefully balanced on a fine line that encompasses both gentle humor and spiritual wisdom, 'Ushpizin' draws the audience into its exotic world and shares its universality.
11/19/05
It invites you in like a welcomed guest to enjoy this little story and warms your heart and lightens your day at the same time.
11/28/05
[T]he movie works even if you aren't clear on the religious rituals because what it offers -- a low-key fable about people of faith who don't always measure up to their own standards -- is so likable and rare.
11/22/05
This is the kind of movie normally confined to small, New York art houses or to film festivals. It will not set American box-office records. But anyone who finds it will want to raise a glass and share a Succot meal with it.
12/09/05
Sweet and satisfying.
12/24/05
An unexpected delight from an unlikely source, Ushpizin is the first feature film set inside the closed community of Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox Jews.
12/01/05
Top CriticGentle and affecting, it offers an introduction to a mostly unfamiliar world while touching on issues recognizable to all.
10/21/05
I found myself submitting to the movie’s willingness to parse a hermetically sealed subculture on its own terms, without judgment.
10/20/05
Equal parts Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yentl) and Capra (It's a Wonderful Life), this charming Israeli folktale offers an inside humorous look at the lives of Hassidic Jews
09/22/05
It raises our cultural awareness a bit, as well as generating some gentle smiles along the way.
11/26/05
Adorable folk tale that could have come from I. Bashevis Singer's pen.
10/10/05
As directed by Gidi Dar, Ushpizin has a disarming folk quality.
10/18/05
Top CriticThe award-winning Israeli film Ushpizin offers both an enlightening look at Orthodox Jewish life in Jerusalem, as well as a warm and witty tale of belief and miracles, for believers and non-believers alike.
12/16/05
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