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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.
 

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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... 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 necessarily believe in.

Yossi, the company commander, is an introvert guy and largely a man-of-the-system. Jagger, the platoon commander, is an open and much more liberated guy. He is the star of the company. Yossi is determined to keep their love in secret. Whereas, Jagger, who is about to finish the service, believes that Yossi should leave the army with him. Shortly before departing for a dangerous ambush, the tension between the lovers gets high almost explosive.

Yossi & Jagger portrays in a courageous, genuine, amusing and sometines painful fashion the complicated and sensative topic of "gays in the military". It also portrays the tragic structure of life of young Israelis today. The film presents an enchanting ensemble of young men and women that were supposed, in this time of their lives, to dance, study and love. Instead, due to the mandatory army service and the complicated situation in the region, they have to devote their most beautiful years to their country, to be soldiers, to kill and get killed.

In Yossi & Jagger you can find a chef who finds comfort in cooking a gourmet cuisine, a soldier who believes in reincarnation, and two young women who try to survive in a men's world. By showing the apparently small details of the commanders' and soldiers' lives, the film creators emphasize the distorted situation in which these men and women are forced to live and die. -- © Strand Releasing [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

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 30, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - Hebrew

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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
Emanuel Levy
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introduces a number of very human characters that we grow to care about

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04/14/04
John A. Nesbit
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3.5/5

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.

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04/05/04
Don Willmott
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3/4

In the film’s spare running time, director Eytan Fox strips away almost anything that doesn’t present a dichotomy of conflict.

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04/05/04
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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2/4

It's too lean to deserve marquee billing.

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03/19/04
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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3/4

A searing, tense and beautifully told film.

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03/18/04
Howard Shapiro
Philadelphia Inquirer
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3/4

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.

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03/18/04
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune
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3/5

The economic filmmaking and punchy writing make Yossi & Jagger feel like an old Edgar G. Ulmer or Samuel Fuller B-picture.

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03/09/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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3/4

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.

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03/05/04
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3/4

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.

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03/04/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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3.5/4

Runs a brisk 67 minutes, and cost a remarkable $200,000, yet it boasts more heart and humanity than megaproductions.

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03/04/04
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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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.

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02/14/04
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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2/4

Sincerity and brevity can be virtues, but they don't do enough for Yossi & Jagger.

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02/13/04
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
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3.5/5

It's short, sweet, romantic, and leaves you wanting more.

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01/26/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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B-

If Yossi & Jagger is any indication, Mr. Fox has a bright future.

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01/22/04
Charles Ealy
Dallas Morning News
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B

A minor but affecting story of men caught between their personal desires and societal expectations... distinguished by sharp writing and nicely understated acting.

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01/19/04
Frank Swietek
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3/5

Yossi & Jagger provides an authenic-seeming look into the underground world of homosexuals in the Israeli military.

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01/11/04
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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B

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.

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01/09/04
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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Even as it delves into deeper subjects, Yossi & Jagger's charismatic costars make its central love story alone a memorable experience.

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01/06/04
Laura Clifford
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1/4

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.

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12/15/03
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online
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