
Jellyfish
Seen it?2007 | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Why it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It earned strong reviews (87% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and a box office loss. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 22 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 67 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$939K worldwide on a $2 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret
- Sarah AdlerBatya
- Shosha GorenTikva
- Tsipor AizenTamar
- Bruria AlbeckRelly
- Ilanit Ben-YaakovGalia
- Assi DayanEldad
- Miri FabianNili
- Johnathan GurfinkelAmir
- Gera SandlerMichael
- Nikol LeidmanDas kleine Mädchen