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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 5
A tersely told yet deeply felt romance.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 1
A tersely told yet deeply felt romance.
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Yossi (Ohad Knoller) is the stoic company commander of an Israeli Defense Forces unit on the Lebanese border. Jagger (Yehuda Levi), who got his nickname thanks to his fun-loving rock star appeal, is the platoon leader. They have a secret. When they walk off in the snow together, it isn't because they're on patrol--it's because they're lovers. Jagger is more gregarious. He tells Yossi that he loves him, and longs to hear Yossi say it back to him. He makes plans for their future together, urging
Sep 24, 2003 Wide
Mar 30, 2004
Strand Releasing
All Critics (43) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (5) | DVD (2)
It's too lean to deserve marquee billing.
A searing, tense and beautifully told film.
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.
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.
Top CriticRuns a brisk 67 minutes, and cost a remarkable $200,000, yet it boasts more heart and humanity than megaproductions.
If Yossi & Jagger is any indication, Mr. Fox has a bright future.
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.
introduces a number of very human characters that we grow to care about
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.
Films that have gained immeasurably from their star's eyes: The Wind, Sunset Boulevard, The Fury and now Yossi & Jagger.
In the film's spare running time, director Eytan Fox strips away almost anything that doesn't present a dichotomy of conflict.
The economic filmmaking and punchy writing make Yossi & Jagger feel like an old Edgar G. Ulmer or Samuel Fuller B-picture.
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.
I'm the first one to appreciate economy of expression, but the difference between economical and underdeveloped is what's at issue here.
Sincerity and brevity can be virtues, but they don't do enough for Yossi & Jagger.
It's short, sweet, romantic, and leaves you wanting more.
A minor but affecting story of men caught between their personal desires and societal expectations... distinguished by sharp writing and nicely understated acting.
This movie, even though it was short, was so good. It's like Brokeback Mountain, but not as boring and drawn out, and it was such an awesome movie.
July 9, 2007This is essentially like a Brokeback Mt.-type story on the Israeli border done waaay better to me. Loved it!
May 30, 2006
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