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Antarctica

Play trailer Poster for Antarctica R 2008 1h 50m Romance Comedy LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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A handsome journalist lights a spark in the tedium of an aimless library worker (Tomer Ilan).

Critics Reviews

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Reyhan Harmanci San Francisco Chronicle 01/05/2009
3/4
It's fun to see attractive people get together and fall apart. Go to Full Review Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com 12/03/2008
Ambition and a roomful of good-looking guys isn't quite enough. Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 11/28/2008
2/5
While the director ogles his cast and busies himself with hackneyed visual metaphors, Antarctica wallows in casual lust and bored disaffection. Go to Full Review Mark Peikert New York Press 12/03/2008
Manages to combine sizzling sex scenes with an actual heart, putting all of the low-budget gay trash that American audiences must suffer through to shame. Go to Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com 11/27/2008
2/10
Amusingly makes the point that men can be rotten to each other like to women in so many heterosexual romantic comedies, but makes this point over and over again. Go to Full Review Harvey S. Karten Compuserve 11/22/2008
C
The dialogue is lame enough to make one think that the story exists only as an excuse for the sexual couplings. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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11/05/2012 Lackluster and disappointing. See more 10/16/2012 lame basically soft core porn See more 09/03/2010 My first movie properly focused on gay relationshjips. Hence no comparison. But only a pleasant surprise. Very simple yet with comical elemets and with some 'reality' I have brushed against when being in Israel. I should (I will!) watch more films on the topic to be able to give a balanced judgement. See more 06/26/2010 There will be spaceships. And cross-dressing. See more 11/01/2009 One big fat message is: all gay men are drop-dead gorgeous. The intention is good, the romance is cute, and the sex scenes are amazing. However, on the whole it's inconsistent and it lacks character development. See more 09/27/2009 This is definitely one of the better Queer Films that I’ve seen in recent years. Despite being set in an enviously homosexuality-accepting Israel, this film portrays a rather Universal tale of Love and relationships between gay characters. A tale more engaging than some of the other Queer (or straight) romance flicks I’ve seen. This film is worth a watch if you are at all interested in Queer Cinema. Oh, and I See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Yair Hochner

Director

Tomer Ilan

Omer

Lucy Dubinchik

Shirley

Dvir Benedek

Tzachy

Oshri Sahar

Eitan

Liat Ekta

Michal

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Movie Info

Synopsis A handsome journalist lights a spark in the tedium of an aimless library worker (Tomer Ilan).
Director
Yair Hochner
Screenwriter
Yair Hochner
Distributor
Regent Releasing
Rating
R (Strong Sexual Content|Graphic Dialogue|Nudity|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 14, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 3, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$21.4K
Runtime
1h 50m