Fresh
The unusually subtle yet eloquent debut of Israeli director Haim Tabakman...
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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Eyes Wide Open
Overview
A middle-aged Orthodox Jew, Aaron, living and working in Jerusalem with his wife and children, meets a homeless 19-year-old student. Aaron offers to give Ezri work as his assistant at his family's butcher shop. The two men grow close and their attraction becomes sexual. Aaron must now confront his own sexuality, his feelings for Ezri, and his obligations to his family and faith.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Slow and often silent, it's an extraordinarily disciplined film that respects, if not honours, the milieu of its story...
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
It moves slowly and patiently through the ordeal of a single soul, illuminating in the process a cosmos of intense and hidden feeling.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Rotten
Quiet, sober and tense, the movie makes some interesting points, but it lacks the emotional firepower of Brokeback Mountain.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
The drama's moments of inspiration vindicate its desultory proceedings.
Kevin Lee, Time Out New York
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