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  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary A young Russian Jewish immigrant in Brighton Beach, caught up in the tight constraints of his community, develops a close friendship with his grandfather’s new neighbors, two elderly closeted gay men who open his imagination to the possibilities of love and the realities of loss — and explores the East Village where he finds a world teem...

Directed By: Eric Steel

Written By: David Bezmozgis, Daniel Pearle, Eric Steel

  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 58 m

Minyan

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary A young Russian Jewish immigrant in Brighton Beach, caught up in the tight constraints of his community, develops a close friendship with his grandfather’s new neighbors, two elderly closeted gay men who open his imagination to the possibilities of love and the realities of loss — and explores the East Village where he finds a world teem...

Directed By: Eric Steel

Written By: David Bezmozgis, Daniel Pearle, Eric Steel

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
68
73% Positive
8 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
9% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
68
73% Positive
8 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
9% Negative
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83
Feb 28, 2020
In Minyan, the arresting and evocative feature film debut from documentary filmmaker Eric Steel, the search for answers turns up far more riches than any half-baked conclusion ever could.
By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 31, 2020
Levine’s an emerging talent known only to theater audiences at the moment, owing to his dual roles in Matthew Lopez’s “The Inheritance,” although Minyan makes clear that we are dealing with a performer of uncommon gifts.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 28, 2020
After its slow start, Minyan becomes progressively more absorbing, its gritty visuals conveying soulful intimacy, accented with occasional understated touches of wry humor.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 29, 2021
With its numerous supporting characters, many unfortunately embodied through mannered acting, Steel’s picture spins around Levine’s superb turn of tender sensuality and suppressed rage seeking catharsis in the body of another.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 28, 2020
The film might not be doing anything revolutionary with the gay coming of age story, but it is heartfelt and honest. And at times, unexpectedly hot.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 6, 2022
Steel brings a very distinctive kind of control and restraint to his film, both in terms of its subdued colour palette and an emotional language which despite explicit scenes of both sex and homophobic tension and paranoia, has something opaque and elliptical about it.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
33
Feb 28, 2020
The meandering narrative flow leapfrogs without any sense of rhythm, almost as if the collection of scenes was augmented by a haywire randomizer.
By Jonathan Christian FULL REVIEW

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Production Company AgX
Release Date Oct 22, 2021
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://strandreleasing.com/films/minyan/
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
L.A. Outfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Jerusalem Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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