Yossi

Name: Yossi
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: January 25, 2013
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Amir Jerassi, Lior Ashkenazi, Meir Golan, Ohad Knoller, Ola Schur Selektar

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: January 25, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Amir Jerassi, Lior Ashkenazi, Meir Golan, Ohad Knoller, Ola Schur Selektar, Orly Silbersatz Banai, Oz Zehavi, Raffi Tavor, Shlomi Ben Attar, Shlomo Sadan

Summary: Ten years after Yossi and Jagger, the tragic love story of two IDF officers serving in Lebanon, director Eytan Fox returns to find out what has happened with Yossi. Dr. Yossi Hoffman has become a valued and dedicated cardiologist, often using his work as a way to escape from dealing with his lonely, closeted life. His daily routine at theTen years after Yossi and Jagger, the tragic love story of two IDF officers serving in Lebanon, director Eytan Fox returns to find out what has happened with Yossi. Dr. Yossi Hoffman has become a valued and dedicated cardiologist, often using his work as a way to escape from dealing with his lonely, closeted life. His daily routine at the hospital is shaken up by the arrival of a mysterious woman. He follows her, and through the surprising connection they make, receives a rare opportunity to deal with his trauma. [Strand Releasing]
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Director: Eytan Fox

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 84 min

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Ella Taylor

Jan 24, 2013

Funny, exuberant and shamelessly seductive, Yossi is an unabashedly populist entertainment with a spirit conciliatory enough to melt the heart of any naysayer. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jan 30, 2013

The extra weight that the actor has packed on gives him an air of vulnerability that makes his character's ultimate emergence from his seemingly impenetrable emotional shell all the more moving. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Jan 24, 2013

The film is at its finest as a catalogue of Yossi's unspoken ache, less so when it begins to flirt with the clichés of the love story. Read full review

Rick Groen

Mar 21, 2013

Yossi is an early spring breeze of a film – too delicate to be substantial but definitely holding the promise of warmth. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 24, 2013

You'll want to see Eytan Fox's acclaimed 2002 drama "Yossi & Jagger" before watching this intimate, often-moving sequel. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Jan 24, 2013

What began as a reasonably hardheaded look at profound and rapid cultural change turns into a feel-good fantasy of salvation. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jan 24, 2013

The film keeps its focus small, but the trouble is, the characters' emotions stay that way, too. Read full review

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foxgrove

Jan 26, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yossi is a gentle and moving film which takes up the story of its title character, a bereft gay man now overworking as a cardioligist in Tel Aviv, ten years after the initial film 'Yossi and Jaeger' concluded. Ohad Knoller gives a wonderfully understated performance as the somewhat disillusioned title character unwilling or unable to commit to another relationship due to the great loss experienced in the earlier film. The screenplay offers up some really great scenes which are very affecting and painfully honest to observe as, for example, when he visits the parents of his 'lost' lover and unwittingly tells them about their son's true sexuality. Also, later in the film, his reluctance to become involved with a young gay soldier is allowed to unfold quite beautifully evoking genuine emotion which leads to an optimistic ending, that whilst well earned, is highly unlikely. A big plus for the film is the songs and music by Keren Ann which perfectly fit the mood of the story.… Expand

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VinceM

Feb 18, 2013

Interesting, touching and well acted film. I just wish more time was spent on Yossi's involvement with the charming 27 year old gay soldier. There was too much development of Yossi's grief, lonlilness and depression for the ten years after Jaeger's death.

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