I have been reviewing films all my life, semi-professionally in the past and for the past 10 or 12 years on imdb and more recently in letterboxd and facebook. The idea of this blog is to get as many of those reviews gathered together in one place. I have had a great deal of support and encouragement from a lot of people throughout the world and I hope that continues. Now for the ratings. **** = not to be missed. *** = highly recommended. ** = recommended. * = of interest and no stars = avoid..
Friday, 15 March 2019
YOSSI *
I normally don't watch sequels when I haven't seen the original but in
the case of "Yossi" I thought I would make an exception. It's a sequel
to "Yossi and Jagger" and it takes up the story of Yossi, an Israeli
doctor, after the death of his lover, Jagger, who was killed when they
were soldiers in the Lebanon. Other than providing some kind of happy
ending for Yossi this time round this seems to me a somewhat pointless
film despite being very well written, directed and acted. As gay
'romances' go it's certainly up-front and honest and hardly sentimental
but the 10 year gap between the two films gives this the feeling of an
afterthought. Nevertheless, it's still a welcome addition to LGBT cinema
if only for treating both its characters and its audience with some
degree of intelligence
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