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Cupcakes

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Best friends have no idea they will be thrown into the spotlight when they create their own song for the Universong contest.
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Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times 04/03/2015
Though the comic confection's clunky moments keep it from achieving souffl delicacy, its bright zingers and seamless fantasy sequences amp the playfulness, and the mostly unforced performances complement the production's cartoonish exuberance. Go to Full Review
Andy Webster New York Times 03/26/2015
This candy-coated confection is so irresistible that you're captivated by its sentiment even as you acknowledge its manipulations. Go to Full Review
Jordan Hoffman New York Daily News 03/25/2015
3/5
If this Semitic "Strictly Ballroom" and its campy, colorful characters (including a hummus baron!) don't win you over, you may want to check your pulse. Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter 06/18/2020
...a blockbuster slice of pop treacle... Go to Full Review
Hannah Brown Jerusalem Post 03/22/2016
It's a stylized, gossamer-light musical comedy with gorgeous production design, a great pop score and, best of all, a group of actors who get to have fun on screen, singing and dancing together. Go to Full Review
Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com 03/31/2015
5/10
Comic froth makes a few gentle jabs, but feels more like same triumph of be-true-to-thyself mantra of "Glee" with predictable romance and similar family conflict resolutions. Go to Full Review
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11/04/2015 Never feels like a cohesive movie. The characters are all flat, I didn't feel like the movie lets us get to know any of them, really. The "plot" and contest are handled as an afterthought, with nothing dramatic or interesting coming from it. Also, this group of people are friends? I didn't feel any connection at all between them, their all just so thinly drawn there's no real relationships. For an example of what a good version of Cupcakes could have been, I'll cite The Sapphires as a recent one to aspire to, but Cupcakes comes nowhere close. See more 04/16/2015 GROWING UP IS HARD TO DO: My take on the movies While We're Young and Cupcakes http://ow.ly/LHK5F See more 04/10/2015 Cupcakes is a surprisingly delightful and enjoyable movie, and satisfies in a way that movies rarely do anymore. It's a modest and charming film, but the pleasure it rewards the viewer is substantial: an engaging (if farfetched) plot, a cast of talented and beautiful actors playing sympathetic characters, and a director (Eytan Fox) who manages to squeeze every ounce of sunshine and and joy from the film without ever condescending to the characters or the audience. Great work is also done by the cinematographer and editor: the film is so color-saturated and peppy you can't help but leave with a huge rose/yellow/green/purple-tinted smile on your face. See more 08/20/2014 Full to the brim of cliches but you get swept along its super cute and alot of fun. The tale of an Israeli group and their entrance into Eurosong. See more 06/23/2014 Trite. Hackneyed. Cliched. With nothing new or original supplementing the tropes the movie is built of. But the infectious soundtrack and endearing actors make it a very watchable collection of tropes. See more 04/11/2014 So camp. But so typical at the same time, lack of surprise. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Best friends have no idea they will be thrown into the spotlight when they create their own song for the Universong contest.
Director
Eytan Fox
Producer
Lauranne Bourrachot, Marco Cherqui
Screenwriter
Eli Bijaoui, Eytan Fox
Production Co
Chic Films
Genre
Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.9K
Runtime
1h 32m
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