AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

room102 I'm usually harsh on our local filmmaking, but this is truly an excellent film, one of the top 10 Israeli movies I've seen. A simple low-key drama about the tension between a father and son - two professors in the same field of studies.This movie is a prime example of a fantastic storytelling: Excellent direction, score, editing and writing, combined with a performance of the lead actor. This is how your take a simple story and turn it into a fantastic experience.who is well known as a comedian and does a fantastic job here in a dramatic roleI enjoyed the movie even more on the second viewing. Shlomo Baraba is well known as a comedian and I had a hard time getting used to seeing him in a dramatic role. This time I didn't have that problem. He was excellent and does a fantastic job in this dramatic role.What I was missing is a dramatic scene by the wife: When she goes to his bed (why are they not sleeping together? Is she mad at him? We're not told), the scene was crying for a dramatic speech by the wife, something in the "Oscar speech" material - and we didn't get it, which is fine for the story, but too bad for the movie as it seems like a missed opportunity.

valis1949 FOOTNOTE (dir. Joseph Cedar) An unusual father and son morality drama set in the (apparently?) highly competitive world of Israeli Talmudic studies. The father had been engaged in an obscure branch of study, and was scooped by another researcher, and never received his due. His son is also a philologist and seems to have effortlessly reaped acclaim for his classical scholarship. The moral dilemma of the film is that the father has been mistakenly awarded a coveted prize that should have gone to his son. The resolution of this predicament is not terribly clear because many plot issues are not resolved, yet I feel that the father did learn of the error, but nevertheless accepts the award he does not deserve. Results may vary, but after viewing the film, I would recommend a look at the discussion on the IMDb message board for FOOTNOTE to see many interesting interpretations of this absorbing film.

ann You really must be Israeli to understand it all, but some ideas can get through to anyone. Cedar the producer was once phoned up and told he would receive the "israel prize". He immediately told the man who phoned him that he should be telling his father and not him. So this is the origin of the film. What happens if the father is phoned (instead of his son) and has been waiting for the prize for many years, only the politics in the academy have prevented it? The reaction of the son (who has already had many awards) is exemplary, much to the disdain of the head of the committee who hates his father. And this message of "honour thy father" is something we should all be getting from the film, especially in a world (academic world too!) where everyone seems to be looking only to increase his own honour.

Hilbrand Bos This is a very good movie, but it could be better. The feel of the whole story very much reminded me of the Coen Brothers movie 'a serious man'. It has the same sense of general awkwardness in its characters. The story is very well told. It has a chapter structure and the parts of father and son have kind of symmetry to it, resulting in a feeling of bittersweet irony. If you like irony in all its layers and subtleties, then this is definitely something to watch. The one thing that could make this movie better in my opinion, is the climax that the whole movie is building up to, but which is left to your imagination. In my taste a little too much so, but decide for yourself!