Yossi

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Yossi

2012

1h 23m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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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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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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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

It's an interesting choice from director Eytan Fox to follow his character Yossi's journey further in a sequel to 2002's Yossi & Jagger, but one that very much pays off.

May 7, 2025

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

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Supposedly takes place 10 years after Jagger died tragically on the battlefield. Yossi has certainly put on weight! Here he encounters Jagger's parents, and later on an outgoing young lad named Tom. Great to see Tel Aviv, the Negev desert highway and Eilat again. I kinda enjoyed Eytan Fox's short film 'Time Out' more (which was among the dvd's extras)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

gorgeous little Isreali homo flick. Tenderly explores the complexity of looking for love in the aftermath of tragedy and the presence homopobia (external and internal). also the difference towards the attitude in self acceptance of being gay from a gen Y and gen X perspective.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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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
Producer: Moshe Edery, Amir Harel
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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