Movie Review

Jellyfish (2008)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Apr 04, 2008

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Limited Releases: Apr 25, 2008, Apr 04, 2008; Rated: Unrated; Length: 78 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language; With: Nikol Leidman and Sarah Adler

JELLYFISH Nikol Leidman (left) and Sarah Adler in this dreamy, arty, alluringly cockeyed tale honored at the 2007 Cannes Film... Jellyfish, Nikol Leidman, ...

JELLYFISH Nikol Leidman (left) and Sarah Adler in this dreamy, arty, alluringly cockeyed tale honored at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

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, a mysterious little girl, and the power of the sea — an element central to Tel Aviv life and psyche. The seemingly random movement of the title's slippery, stinging creatures applies to the direction of the characters' lives, as well as to the delicate, carefully crafted shape of the movie, which won the Camera d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. B+

Originally posted Apr 02, 2008 Published in issue #986 Apr 11, 2008 Order article reprints

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