Yossi & Jagger (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 36 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Consensus:
A tersely told yet deeply felt romance.
Runtime: 71 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 24, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Based on a true story, Yossi & Jagger portrays the love affair of two Israeli officers in an IDF position on the Israeli-Lebanese border. They are commanders, they are in love, and they try to find a place of their own in an oppressing and rigid system, which sends them to defend a cause they do not... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Ohad Knoller, Yhuda Levi, Assi Cohen, Sharon Reginiano, Aya Koren
Director: Eytan Fox
Screenwriter: Avner Bernheimer
Producer: Gal Uchovsky, Amir Harel
Composer: Ivri Lider
Screenwriter: Avner Bernheimer
Producer: Gal Uchovsky, Amir Harel
Composer: Ivri Lider
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Reviews
Modest to a fault, this is no more than an anecodte about gay love within the Israeli military, but it has plenty of charm and establishes Ethan Fox as a talented filmmaker to watch.
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10/21/06
introduces a number of very human characters that we grow to care about
04/14/04
Yossi & Jagger says a lot and is well worth an hour of your time, but you’ll walk away thinking it could have said more.
04/05/04
In the film’s spare running time, director Eytan Fox strips away almost anything that doesn’t present a dichotomy of conflict.
04/05/04
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Levi and Knoller are so natural, so unconcerned with mugging for the camera, that what could have been a corny love story on paper is utterly sincere and touching on screen.
03/18/04
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The economic filmmaking and punchy writing make Yossi & Jagger feel like an old Edgar G. Ulmer or Samuel Fuller B-picture.
03/09/04
Nothing happens in Yossi & Jagger that you couldn't have seen coming toward you in a fog. There are coincidences, hurt feelings, and more -- but what the movie lacks in ambition, originality, and grit, it makes up for in pure feeling.
03/05/04
Top Critic
Modern Romeos and Juliets need to mix things up, and this one freshens the pot with a tone that sucks us in with raucous comedy and then gets deadly serious.
03/04/04
Runs a brisk 67 minutes, and cost a remarkable $200,000, yet it boasts more heart and humanity than megaproductions.
03/04/04
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I'm the first one to appreciate economy of expression, but the difference between economical and underdeveloped is what's at issue here.
02/14/04
Sincerity and brevity can be virtues, but they don't do enough for Yossi & Jagger.
02/13/04
Top Critic
A minor but affecting story of men caught between their personal desires and societal expectations... distinguished by sharp writing and nicely understated acting.
01/19/04
Yossi & Jagger provides an authenic-seeming look into the underground world of homosexuals in the Israeli military.
01/11/04
Director Eytan Fox shows a skilled hand, with the help of his actors, in creating a film that may have an international appeal with the gay community and beyond.
01/09/04
Even as it delves into deeper subjects, Yossi & Jagger's charismatic costars make its central love story alone a memorable experience.
01/06/04
Yossi & Jagger doesn't quite translate.This military drama about relationships among a group of bored, horny soldiers lacks enough intensity to be taken very seriously.
12/15/03
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