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The City

2023 1h 20m Drama Musical List
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 100% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
One stormy night Sarah Bennet arrives at Detective Joe's office. She asks him to find her missing sister. Drunk, Joe waves her off but something about Sarah touches him and he agrees to investigate the case, despite his misgivings. Jack, Joe's partner, feels that something is fishy about the case and about Sarah and tries to dissuade Joe from getting involved. Joe realizes that the biggest criminal of the city that no one wants to mess with is involved, and what's more, Sarah disappears. Now Joe must solve the entangled case. All dialogues are rhymed and sung on the beat.

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Hannah Brown Jerusalem Post There have been Israeli movie musicals before, but there hasn’t been one that was so successfully filmed, in a long time, nor can I remember anything this original. Jul 7, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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גיל א I don't usually like musicals, but this one was genius! So many puns and clever writing, it's great and fun. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis One stormy night Sarah Bennet arrives at Detective Joe's office. She asks him to find her missing sister. Drunk, Joe waves her off but something about Sarah touches him and he agrees to investigate the case, despite his misgivings. Jack, Joe's partner, feels that something is fishy about the case and about Sarah and tries to dissuade Joe from getting involved. Joe realizes that the biggest criminal of the city that no one wants to mess with is involved, and what's more, Sarah disappears. Now Joe must solve the entangled case. All dialogues are rhymed and sung on the beat.
Director
Amit Ulman
Producer
Haggai Arad, Aharon Peer, Elad Peleg
Screenwriter
Amit Ulman, Omer Havron, Omer Mor
Genre
Drama, Musical
Original Language
Hebrew
Runtime
1h 20m