Two strong central performances and intimate, unshowy direction elevate this story about two soldiers in love.

| Apr 8, 2025

Featuring sincere performances and a stark, almost haunting, backdrop, the film avoids stereotypes and political posturing to capture the fragility of life when death is an ever-present possibility.

| May 26, 2022

While it's easy to forget that these characters stand at the crossroads of global unrest, Fox's feature succeeds as a lyrical and disarmingly tender observation of love in war.

| Apr 20, 2022

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 24, 2011

Modest to a fault, this is no more than an anecodte about gay love within the Israeli military, but it has plenty of charm and establishes Ethan Fox as a talented filmmaker to watch.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 21, 2006

| Original Score: D+ | Aug 7, 2004

introduces a number of very human characters that we grow to care about

| Original Score: B | Apr 14, 2004

Yossi & Jagger says a lot and is well worth an hour of your time, but you'll walk away thinking it could have said more.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 5, 2004

In the film's spare running time, director Eytan Fox strips away almost anything that doesn't present a dichotomy of conflict.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 5, 2004

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 24, 2004

It's too lean to deserve marquee billing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 19, 2004

A searing, tense and beautifully told film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 18, 2004

Levi and Knoller are so natural, so unconcerned with mugging for the camera, that what could have been a corny love story on paper is utterly sincere and touching on screen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 18, 2004

The economic filmmaking and punchy writing make Yossi & Jagger feel like an old Edgar G. Ulmer or Samuel Fuller B-picture.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 9, 2004

Nothing happens in Yossi & Jagger that you couldn't have seen coming toward you in a fog. There are coincidences, hurt feelings, and more -- but what the movie lacks in ambition, originality, and grit, it makes up for in pure feeling.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 5, 2004

Modern Romeos and Juliets need to mix things up, and this one freshens the pot with a tone that sucks us in with raucous comedy and then gets deadly serious.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 4, 2004

I'm the first one to appreciate economy of expression, but the difference between economical and underdeveloped is what's at issue here.

| Feb 14, 2004

Sincerity and brevity can be virtues, but they don't do enough for Yossi & Jagger.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 13, 2004

It's short, sweet, romantic, and leaves you wanting more.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 26, 2004

If Yossi & Jagger is any indication, Mr. Fox has a bright future.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 22, 2004