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67 out of 100

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9.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: Poignant, often witty, and exceedingly cinematic, Jellyfish tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a bride who breaks her leg escaping a locked toilet stall, ruining her chance at a dream Caribbean honeymoon. And attending the event with an employer is Joy, a non-Hebrew-speaking domestic worker who has guiltily left her son behind in her native Philippines. As this distaff trio separately wend their way through Israel's most cosmopolitan city, they struggle with issues of communication, affection, and destiny--but at times find uneasy refuge in its tranquil seas. (Zeitgeist Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    A beautifully strange movie.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    50
    I have an aversion to such intricately interlocked movies as "Babel" or "Crash" -- for all their pretensions and astral connections they're basically stunts -- and my feelings about Jellyfish are much the same. But this film is handsomely made, and I won't soon forget the almost Jungian image of a wide-eyed child -- emerging from the sea with a red and white lifesaver around her little belly.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    20
    Although it runs 78 minutes, it feels like 78 hours.

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  1. BillC
    10
    An amazing film. Every moment, every minor character, every line carries significance to the whole. Stunning.
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  2. WodekS
    10
    An original film beautifully edited with lyrical flair.
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