The film bridges the secular and religious with a light touch, using ritual specifics as a way into a very human story.
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10/18/05
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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
As directed by Gidi Dar, Ushpizin has a disarming folk quality.
10/18/05
Top Critica true cinematic experience - it takes you to a world which you might not otherwise ever experience. And it leaves you with a smile.
10/18/05
Adorable folk tale that could have come from I. Bashevis Singer's pen.
10/10/05
Pity that the story behind the making of Ushpizin is more interesting than the film itself.
10/09/05
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
An enjoyable seriocomic tale.
09/13/05
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