Yossi

2012

1h 23m

Drama

LGBTQ+

List

89%

45 Reviews

Tomatometer

70%

500+ Ratings

Audience Score

Yossi, a closeted gay doctor, has his quiet world turned upside down when a woman from his past shows up. Their emotionally charged reunion causes Yossi to leave Tel Aviv and he finally wants to awaken from his emotional slumber.

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Critics Consensus

Smart, moving, and deeply empathetic, Yossi is a thoughtful examination of love and grief.

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Knoller is wonderful as the emotionally cut-off, yet vulnerable Yossi, who yearns for something more from life, but feels both terror at the prospect and unworthiness to claim it.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 22, 2013

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Yossi is an early spring breeze of a film - too delicate to be substantial but definitely holding the promise of warmth.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 22, 2013

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Chicago Sun-Times

It's serious about its characters and their emotions, but still finds room for humor.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 8, 2013

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Quiet and unassuming, Eytan Fox gives us a rather simple narrative about the ever changing difficulties of being gay.

Aug 7, 2019

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Daniel Green

CineVue

A sensitive and emotive portrayal of one ageing individual's journey back from the depths of grief and despair.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 6, 2019

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Steve Erickson

Metro

The film ends on a moving, achingly ambiguous note, with Yossi getting more emotionally mature but not yet completely out of the woods.

Feb 21, 2018

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Audience Member

Heartwarming, yet so profoundly sad. Believable. Firth & Tucci ... Great pair.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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david l

Much more technically polished this time around and deeper in meaning and themes, Yossi is such a vastly superior follow-up to an already pretty good original that it can be seen as a superb example of how to properly do a sequel – it not only builds upon its predecessor in storyline, but it also naturally progresses it and deepens it. The main character is highly complex while many scenes here are incredibly touching. It wonderfully deals with the importance of self-esteem, body positivity and second chances.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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walter m

Dr. Yossi Gutmann(Ohad Knoller) is a cardiologist in Israel who spends most of his free time watching television and masturbating to gay porn. So, when his soon-to-be-divorced friend Moti(Lior Ashkenazi) suggests he get out more, Yossi accepts Nina's(Ola Schur-Selektar) invitation for the theatre. And then Yossi gets a new patient, Varda(Orly Silbersatz), who is also the mother of his former lover, now dead ten years. As thoughtful and sensitive as "Yossi" is when it comes to observing the long term grieving process, it also proves that sometimes too much understatement can actually work against a movie, too. That's not to mention one of the central plot points is a little too convenient for words.(Although, maybe as one character points out, there really are very few good cardiologists in Israel.) On the plus side, the movie ends on a high note, ten minutes before it would have become completely unbearable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

" Smart, moving, and deeply empathetic, Yossi is a thoughtful examination of love and grief. "

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

I wouldn't watch it if you're depressed!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Relying on a bigger budget and on Knoller's superbly underplayed performance, this superior sequel works perfectly on its very own as a rich character study about grief and self-acceptance, even though it makes the mistake of ending in an implausible and easy way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Eytan Fox

Director

Lior Ashkenazi

Moti

Ohad Knoller

Yossi

Orly Silbersatz Banai

Varda

Oz Zehavi

Tom

Ola Schur Selektar

Nina

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Synopsis

Yossi, a closeted gay doctor, has his quiet world turned upside down when a woman from his past shows up. Their emotionally charged reunion causes Yossi to leave Tel Aviv and he finally wants to awaken from his emotional slumber.

Director: Eytan Fox
Screenwriter: Itay Segal
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $116.2K
Runtime: 1h 23m

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