Foxtrot

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Released Mar 2, 2018

1h 52m

Drama

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A knock on the door leads to unfathomable grief as a man and his wife learn that their son died in the line of duty as a soldier.

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Critics Consensus

Foxtrot uses topical themes to deliver a bruising sociopolitical statement that's equally effective taken simply as an absorbing, well-acted drama.

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

A visually stunning, stylistically transcendental and politically audacious indictment of the absurd hostilities and needless wars.

Oct 26, 2023

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

[Writer-director Samuel] Moaz is a daring, unpredictable storyteller, and his eccentric plot construction, which also takes into account the son's last days, turns an intimate emotional drama into a larger statement about fate and justice.

Mar 9, 2020

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

A film full of mystery and switchbacks is resolved in resounding style.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 4, 2019

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Its way of condemning the absurdity of war in three episodes captivates me when I least expect it. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Jul 12, 2022

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

...a tricky narrative that is occasionally over-hyperbolic...

Oct 16, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Maoz never lets us forget about the bigger picture.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 8, 2020

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dave d

If there was ever a film that was elevated by the final scene, 'Foxtrot' is it. Four countries collaborated to make it, but it's an Israeli picture in Hebrew. This is such a slow burn I had to rewatch a few scenes as the movie lost me a couple times in how it floats from time period to time period. The film's disjointed nature initially struck me as a poor choice, but as I sit here this film keeps finding a way back into my mind. The last scene is a culmination of so many things. This may be a tough one to stay with, but if you do it's to your benefit. Final Score: 7/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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alex h

I started to watch this movie just for a "tick" on my movie list, because my girlfriend recommended it to me, but my god was I amazed. This is the real drama I have been trying to look for, but, it will be hard to understand for many people. Some may call it propaganda, but I would call it a movie about an importance of human's life. I don't know who any of these actors are, but they are doing a really good job to express their emotions and to make the viewer believe in what they are saying and what they are doing. A great story about surviving the loss of a child. Besides the operator's job not being outstanding, it is good. The soundtrack in such a movie is something that doesn't matter, as only thing that matters is the dialogue, which in this movie is very very well written. I recommend to watch this movie for a watch to anyone who is a fan of drama genre, likes thought provoking movies and is bored of Hollywood cinema. I rarely find foreign language films so entertaining, an absolute 10/10.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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michael s

A riveting film with plenty of emotional highs and lows. The subtitles were easy to follow, unlike some films where I have trouble keeping up with the dialogue.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

So boring, I've watched it in double speed, but it's still so slow and boring.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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david l

Foxtrot is a structurally weird film that is strong in all of its three very different segments, but it needed a better connective tissue and more purpose as a whole. The performance from Lior Ashkenazi is truly phenomenal as he brought every emotion successfully while the movie is also well shot and, again, intriguingly conceptualized, but thematically rather lacking.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The grief is perhaps a little too extreme but there is a lyricism and gentleness to the film on its political observation.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Lior Ashkenazi

Michael Feldmann

Sarah Adler

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Synopsis

A knock on the door leads to unfathomable grief as a man and his wife learn that their son died in the line of duty as a soldier.

Director: Samuel Maoz
Screenwriter: Samuel Maoz
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Bord Cadre Films, Spiro Films, KNM, Pola Pandora Filmproduktions
Rating: R (Graphic Images|Brief Drug Use|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 5, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $618.0K
Runtime: 1h 52m

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