Jellyfish

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Jellyfish

2008,

1h 18m,

Drama

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88%

59 Reviews

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79%

1,000+ Ratings

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88%

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59 Reviews

79%

Popcornmeter

1,000+ Ratings

The lives of three dissimilar women -- bride Keren (Noa Knoller), catering crew member Batia (Sarah Adler) and Joy (Ma-nenita De Latorre), an attendee's employee -- converge at a wedding in Tel Aviv, Israel. Each woman has her own unique set of problems to face. Batia ends a romantic relationship, and afterward finds an abandoned child. Joy has emigrated from the Philippines, but could not bring her son with her. The prospect of Keren's honeymoon is shattered after an unfortunate accident.

Critics Consensus

Lyrical, well-crafted and inventive, Jellyfish smartly mixes comedy, drama and magic realism.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Oct 18, 2008

2/5

There are sharply observed moments of social intercourse and a nice current of realistic honesty. But when I ask myself what it is that these women in the movie want, I come up with bubkes.

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Bruce DeMara

Toronto Star

Aug 8, 2008

3/4

Jellyfish, with its pervasive sense of mysticism, is anything but standard, predictable storytelling. What is it exactly? Well, you might as well ask a jellyfish.

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Jason McBride

Globe and Mail

Aug 8, 2008

3.5/4

Thematically, it's extremely precise, and one of its most compelling themes is the failure, or uselessness, of language.

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James Vance

Tulsa World

Feb 6, 2018

2.5/4

Lacking the minimal jellyfish connective tissue required by even a quasi-anthology like this, the movie as a whole just lies there like the limp wet invertebrate for which it's named.

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Dave White

Movies.com

Apr 4, 2011

4.5/5

Jon Frosch

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Sep 11, 2010

Keret and Geffen observe situations with such a low-key, spaced-out humor that moments in which their depressed characters finally reach for human connection sneak up on you with unexpected emotion.

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Hermione M

Oct 3, 2017

Made in the same tradition as "Crash", "Crossing Over", "Babel" among other films which the characters are interlocking with the events with one another which in this scenario has something to do with "Jellyfish".

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Synopsis

The lives of three dissimilar women -- bride Keren (Noa Knoller), catering crew member Batia (Sarah Adler) and Joy (Ma-nenita De Latorre), an attendee's employee -- converge at a wedding in Tel Aviv, Israel. Each woman has her own unique set of problems to face. Batia ends a romantic relationship, and afterward finds an abandoned child. Joy has emigrated from the Philippines, but could not bring her son with her. The prospect of Keren's honeymoon is shattered after an unfortunate accident.

Director: Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen
Producer: Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait, Yaël Fogiel, Laetitia Gonzalez
Screenwriter: Shira Geffen
Production Co: arte France Cinéma, Lama Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2016
Runtime: 1h 18m

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