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61 of 66 people found the following review helpful
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The film is about 2 Israeli soldiers stationed on the Lebanon border and although the protagonists keep their love for each other a secret, there is no sense that this is because of homophobia in the Israeli army (quite the contrary apparently). It has been compared to Brokeback Mountain but somehow Yossi and Jagger seems more realistic. The characters were certainly more loveable (you'll want to take Jagger home) and the main love scene almost magical. It is a short film (just over 60 mins) but it leaves you wishing it was longer (whereas I found myself wishing Brokeback was a bit shorter).
It is the type of gay film you would want your straight friends to see.
It is the type of gay film you would want your straight friends to see.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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I agree with the other reviewers - the only fault in this movie is the length, it's simply too short. But it's too short, not in the sense that something's missing from the story; rather, it feels too short because you'd want to see more of the lives of these characters.
It's a very realistic movie, almost documentary in places, with handheld camera and a somewhat gritty picture. The acting is subtle - for instance, when one of the girls (who has a crush on Jagger) questions Yossi about his lover, thinking they are just friends, you clearly sense the mild panic he's feeling by a slight change of posture, frown, etc.
And there's the scene at the end where Yossi mouths the words of the song of which Jagger sang his very own version earlier on - I can't really describe the emotional impact of that moment.
Yossi and Jagger are gay lovers but homosexuality is not really the issue of this movie. Jagger seems ready to meet the world as the person he is, he still has a bit of a child in him (and is all the more adorable for it). Yossi is the more hesitant and his responsibilty weighs heavy on him. Consequently, there is some friction between them. But heterosexual love is shown to be just as difficult. The theme of the movie is rather the fleetingness, but also the intensity and depth, of human happiness.
In that sense I see why people compare it with Brokeback Mountain, an excellent movie in its own right. But the moments of "high drama" and "big scenes" that still show through in Brokeback are entirely absent from Yossi and Jagger making it exceptionally truthful.
The dialogue is in Hebrew so you may wish to watch the film a couple of times, paying attention to the subtitles to begin with, then later on concentrating on the picture. I noticed that as I got used to it, the sound of the language in itself seemed to convey a meaning (I know no Hebrew at all!). I certainly wouldn't want to watch an English-language remake!
It's a very realistic movie, almost documentary in places, with handheld camera and a somewhat gritty picture. The acting is subtle - for instance, when one of the girls (who has a crush on Jagger) questions Yossi about his lover, thinking they are just friends, you clearly sense the mild panic he's feeling by a slight change of posture, frown, etc.
And there's the scene at the end where Yossi mouths the words of the song of which Jagger sang his very own version earlier on - I can't really describe the emotional impact of that moment.
Yossi and Jagger are gay lovers but homosexuality is not really the issue of this movie. Jagger seems ready to meet the world as the person he is, he still has a bit of a child in him (and is all the more adorable for it). Yossi is the more hesitant and his responsibilty weighs heavy on him. Consequently, there is some friction between them. But heterosexual love is shown to be just as difficult. The theme of the movie is rather the fleetingness, but also the intensity and depth, of human happiness.
In that sense I see why people compare it with Brokeback Mountain, an excellent movie in its own right. But the moments of "high drama" and "big scenes" that still show through in Brokeback are entirely absent from Yossi and Jagger making it exceptionally truthful.
The dialogue is in Hebrew so you may wish to watch the film a couple of times, paying attention to the subtitles to begin with, then later on concentrating on the picture. I noticed that as I got used to it, the sound of the language in itself seemed to convey a meaning (I know no Hebrew at all!). I certainly wouldn't want to watch an English-language remake!
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Yes, this film is all of the above. I could have added that it's immensely moving. It certainly packs a big punch considering its duration (a little over an hour).
I came to this film expecting a love story and, OK, something erotic. The film is a love story and the eroticism is there, albeit very subtly. But it is also a movie about personal priorities, about opportunities, only marginally about war - but very much about time being wasted. It is not about homophobia faced triumphantly or otherwise. Yossi & Jagger's characters are discreet by force of circumstance, but one suspects a heterosexual couple would also be. They are in the army, and fighting in a war zone after all. Yossi very much wants to focus on that for the time being. Jagger wants to make plans for the future and for him the future can't come soon enough.
I won't spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't seen this gem of a movie yet (do it now!) except to say that even there I was not sure of my emotions by the times the end credits started rolling.
I would have liked more scenes with... everyone, actually. Don't get me wrong, there's depth and development and insight. But I became so fond of this film. One of the all-time greats.
I came to this film expecting a love story and, OK, something erotic. The film is a love story and the eroticism is there, albeit very subtly. But it is also a movie about personal priorities, about opportunities, only marginally about war - but very much about time being wasted. It is not about homophobia faced triumphantly or otherwise. Yossi & Jagger's characters are discreet by force of circumstance, but one suspects a heterosexual couple would also be. They are in the army, and fighting in a war zone after all. Yossi very much wants to focus on that for the time being. Jagger wants to make plans for the future and for him the future can't come soon enough.
I won't spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't seen this gem of a movie yet (do it now!) except to say that even there I was not sure of my emotions by the times the end credits started rolling.
I would have liked more scenes with... everyone, actually. Don't get me wrong, there's depth and development and insight. But I became so fond of this film. One of the all-time greats.
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