Product Details

• Actors: Ohad Knoller, Yehuda Levi, Assi Cohen (II), Aya Steinovitz, Hani Furstenberg
• Directors: Eytan Fox
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Hebrew
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Strand Releasing
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2004
• Run Time: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001KNHAO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,802 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Yossi & Jagger" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Strand Releasing Release Date: 04/06/2006

Customer Reviews

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70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly moving, February 27, 2004

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F. Averick (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yossi & Jagger (DVD)

I wasn't sure what to expect from this Israeli film about the love between two male soldiers, and I was pleasantly surprised by the humor and surprisingly moved by the clandestine love between uptight Yossi and the more free-spirited Jagger (called that because he looks and acts like a rock star).

The movie is fairly short--maybe a little over an hour--but it packs a lot in a that short time.

86 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brothers in Arms, August 12, 2004

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Stratonautus (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yossi & Jagger (DVD)

After a brief stint in Hollywood, director Eytan Fox returned to Israel and made this beautiful and passionate film which speaks through its simplicity. Though 65 minutes long, Yossi and Jagger captures the spirited elan and tensions of Israeli youths in the armed forces and presents certainly one of the most resonant film romances I have been fortunate enough to watch.

The film makes good use by perverting its own clichés with its characterisations and a predictable, sentimental story. The surprise is a truly touching portrait of youth on the front lines. In war some lose their limbs, some their minds and others their loves, only to be reborn. Yossi and Jagger doesn't wallow in it: it's fast moving; there's no time for preaching. Not until the film is over will you really start to consider its realities.

Yossi and Jagger makes no plea for any cause. That makes it immensely watchable. Here are two people in love, and other (unrequited) love interests, each with distinct personalities, frame that image, each character pushing its own personal objectives, whims, desires and dreams.

Ohad Knoller(stage credits) and popular Israeli tv star Yehuda Levi give excelling performances.

This movie essentially also delivers the pictorial completeness of David Kaplan's informative book: Brothers and Others in Arms: The Making of Love and War in Israeli Combat Units.

I also recommend Walk on Water by the same director.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE LOVE OF TWO SOLDIERS!, June 9, 2004

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"yaaah69" (albuquerque, nm United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yossi & Jagger (DVD)

I was a little hesitant to rent this movie after seeing "Trembling Before G-D", which was a real eye-opener to me. I guess we go around with our heads in the clouds, not thinking what other homosexuals have to go thru for their religion.... But , the two movies had nothing in common except they were made in Isreal. Yossi and Jagger is a bittersweet love affair between two Isreali soldiers, very well played by Yehuda Levi , and Ohad Knoller, you could feel the love they had for each other and the hurt Jagger was going thru because they had to be so careful as they were officers. Its hard to get a real grip on the characters as its only 67 min long and leaves you grasping for more. But Eytan Fox did a splendid job with the time he had. The song that Jagger sings is haunting in the extra video on the disc. I felt that these men brought back to Isreal some hope that you can have same sex love without the terrible angst they had in Trembling Before God . I give this great little flick 41/2 of 5 and will be looking forward to seeing Eytan Foxs' new movie "Walking On Water". By the way you can get the words in english of the song Your Soul on the message boards for Yossi and Jagger on imdb.ciao yaaah69