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Alila
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 9 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Foreign
Written by:
Amos Gitai
Marie-Jose Sanselme
Yehoshua Kenaz (novel Returning Lost Loves)
Directed by: Amos Gitai
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 27, 2004
DVD: November 9, 2004
Running Time: 123 minutes, Color
Origin: Israel / France
Language(s): Hebrew (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Yaël Abecassis, Ronit Elkabetz, Liron Levo, Keren Mor, Uri Klauzner, Amos Lavi, Lupo Berkowitch, and Yosef Carmon
The story of over a dozen distinct characters who inhabit an apartment complex located in a rundown neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Kino International)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Free Zone Kadosh Kedma Kippur Yom Yom
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
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New York Post V.A. Musetto
Gitai's characters are meant to represent the Israeli people as a whole. Just as they question their lives, the filmmaker questions 21st-century Israel.
Read Full Review >Variety David Rooney
An ensemble drama laced with lighter moments that depicts the vitality, resilience and moral dilemmas of the people of Tel Aviv, the film is absorbing and at times moving.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Almost a comedy, though not an entirely successful one: It's too acerbic to be funny and too detached to be really moving.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
The film's drawback, and it is a serious one, is that few of its characters wear very well. The more we see them, the less they involve us and hold our interest, a situation not helped by the bombastic, theatrical style of acting a few of the performers have felt free to employ.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Israel's one-man new wave, Amos Gitai, surveys his nation's hardscrabble quotidian in Alila, which dallies with both Kiarostamian spirit and Altman-esque fabric, examining the intersecting lives of a dozen or so Tel Aviv residents.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The movie...tries to juggle too many characters at once (its title means "story plot" in Hebrew), and in several cases their connections aren't adequately explained.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Gitai's film is an interesting, if not entirely successful, adaptation of an excellent book.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Ultimately lacks the textural depth and emotional precision that marks the work of obvious influences here like Robert Altman, but it does offer a pungent slice of contemporary Israeli life that should prove resonant for audiences interested in the social complexities of the region.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Though absorbing enough, Alila must be counted a noble failure, if only because its efforts to follow the screwed-up lives of 12 hapless souls in a seedy Tel Aviv apartment building finally add up more to mere mimicry than commentary.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ashiq H. gave it a 10:
It was a very nice movie deserve to be seen again and again.
