Jellyfish (Meduzot) Critic Reviews

Marvelously inventive, often-ironic Israeli storyteller Etgar Keret and his life- and workmate, Shira Geffen, spin in Jellyfish a dreamy, arty, alluringly cockeyed tale involving three unrelated women in Tel Aviv.Read the full review

Tightly constructed, cleverly stylized, serio-comic ensemble piece. Highly cinematic, with a mood of existential loneliness leavened by magical whimsy, its different story strands share themes including the need for affection and the struggle to communicate.Read the full review

Yes, Jellyfish says, it's a wonderful life, not in that old-fashioned style we've perhaps tired of but in a surprising new and magical way all its own.Read the full review

These stories have as their justification that fact that they are intrinsically interesting. I think that's enough.Read the full review

The scale is small, but Jellyfish has deep currents.Read the full review

The film’s spirit is refreshingly playful and sweet.Read the full review

An interlocking ensemble piece in the tradition of "Crash" and "Babel," but with welcome dashes of whimsy and magical realism.Read the full review

Several stories, or scraps of stories, are woven together in the making of Jellyfish ("Meduzot"), linked by common themes and a shared sense of humor, poetry and loss.Read the full review

Jellyfish is the kind of film that will ring true for some viewers, while striking others as too slight and precious.Read the full review