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Yossi & Jagger

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 11 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Foreign | Gay/Lesbian | Romance
Written by: Avner Bernheimer
Directed by: Eytan Fox
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 24, 2003
DVD: March 30, 2004
Running Time: 65 minutes, Color
Origin: Israel
Language(s): Hebrew (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Yehuda Levi, Ohad Knoller, Assi Cohen, Aya Steinovitz, Hani Furstenberg, Sharon Raginiano, and Shmulik Bernheimer
Based on a true story, Yossi & Jagger portrays the love affair of two Israeli officers in a remote army base on the Israeli-Lebanese border. (Lama Productions)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The New York Times Stephen Holden
If the situation has all the ingredients of a shrill, tearful melodrama, the filmmaker, working from a taut screenplay by Avner Bernheimer that doesn't waste a word or a gesture, keeps the emotional lid firmly in place.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Enlivened by journalist Avner Bernheimer's delicately witty script and some lively ensemble performances under the direction of Eytan Fox, the film offers a haunting portrait of a generation forced to risk their lives in the service of military goals they're far from totally committed to.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Performances are crisp, as is everything else about this vital, economical film, proof that less really can be more.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Slight but extremely effective, and its characters so engaging that even the sad finale, which is not entirely unexpected or original, manages to pack surprising power.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer
Surprisingly lighthearted, thanks to Israeli director Eytan Fox's deft touch with comedy and old- fashioned romance.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
What the movie lacks in ambition, originality, and grit, it makes up for in pure feeling.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt
Most of the film's action takes place on the base, where Fox smartly concentrates on how this relationship -- tormented at times, lighthearted at others -- exists in Israel's military bubble.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Howard Shapiro
Y&J could have been made anywhere, really; it's a tale of being scared, of being hopeful, of the unsettling intersection between commitment and loss.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
The lazy story takes on a passion and urgency that peaks in an emotional finale.
Read Full Review >Premiere Peter Debruge
Although director Eytan Fox focuses on Yossi and Jagger's specific situation, he also casts a critical eye on the responsibility military service puts on all young people who are still in the process of discovering themselves.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
The film ambles along at a relaxed pace, well depicting the uneasy relationships among the soldiers and the mixture of boredom and danger that marks their daily existence.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
At 71 minutes, the movie is scarcely more than an anecdote. But vivid as it is in establishing a specific milieu, its economy is its strength.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Reece Pendleton
Despite the mostly static setting, director Eytan Fox keeps this 2002 Israeli feature surprisingly lively, gracefully balancing the various story lines and making good use of an excellent ensemble cast.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Its amazing what Yossi & Jagger does manage to relay in its brief time onscreen. And instead of melodrama and fireworks, the film goes the more difficult route of restraint and psychological tension.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The film is hampered by a somewhat shallow, soap-operatic climax. But Knoller is superb as a practical man trying to balance reason and emotion. Fox does an excellent job capturing the claustrophobia of army life, made all the more suffocating by having to hide one's true self.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
A sprint when it should be a marathon, Yossi & Jagger crackles with promise, but much of it goes unrealized. Without the time or resources to develop its characters and overstuffed plot, the result feels like the Cliffs Notes for a longer, more satisfying film.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Andy gave it a10:
Really good movie. An excellent cast and an involving and amazing story.
Frank G gave it an8:
Very good movie. A real tear jerker. Some aspects of the film quality betrayed a low budget but overall it is well done.
daren b. gave it a10:
Short but nice... I watched it on HBO on demand. Damn good.
Cee cee gave it a 10:
It felt as if I were peeking at people's 'slilce of life'. Packs a whallop! Don't miss it.
