• Starring: Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shuli Rand
  • Summary: Director Gidi Dar's film, Ushpizin (roughly translated as "holy guests"), is a revelatory and humorous look at the daily lives of ultra-orthodox Jews learning, living and loving in modern-day Israel. (Picturehouse)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Does what the best movies can do: take viewers to what might be unfamiliar places, into a culture with unique customs and traditions, and show, through drama and comedy, how the fundamental truths of the human experience need no translation.
  2. The unusual intimacy and authenticity can't be faked: The cast is peppered with nonprofessionals, most notably Michal Bat Sheva Rand.
  3. Reviewed by: David Hughes
    60
    A flawed but fascinating (and frequently funny) insight into a culture seldom explored on film from an insider's point of view.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. CarolM.
    10
    Awesome! Love this movie! So poignant! Got to get a copy! Can't get the song out of my head, either!
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  2. SylviaS.
    10
    I loved this film. I laughed, and cried, and was lifted up by the love at the heart of this movie. The acting of Shuli Rand and his real-life wife, Bat-Sheva is superb. The film does a fine job of shedding light on the hasidic community about which there is so much misunderstanding. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JoeS.
    10
    This movie was superb. A most remarkable portrayal of the inherent beauty of faith.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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