Nothing beats a chocolate souffle for dessert. Hot, juicy, mellow and delicious. There is no real alternative and you can still find quality enjoyment in a yeast cake or chocolate chip cookies. The film “Good Guys” by director Erez Tadmor definitely falls into the second category. A faithful imitation of the original but does the job. This is what the audience will testify to, which made the film the most watched since its release.
The cinematic and television boom on the ultra-orthodox world has only been growing and increasing in recent years. Many have recognized the potential and meanwhile it seems that the average Israeli viewer has been exposed more than once to the magical dating scene of the boys and girls of the sector. The Israeli viewer has already consumed so much content on the subject that he is able to move uneasily to certain tricks on the screen in the new film and mutter to himself, not like that. There’s no way it’s like that.
The script written by Chava Divon and Erez Tadmor presents the story of Baruch (Maor Schweitzer), a striped yeshiva student who serves as the right hand of Malki (Irit Kaplan), the number one matchmaker in the ultra-Orthodox sector. When Baruch meets the handsome Moti (Amit Rahab), an Ashkenazi from a good family and the most outstanding student at the yeshiva, he begins to move him towards the world of matchmaking. Baruch is sure that this is the easiest task to match Moti with a suitable bride, but the situation gets more and more complicated when Moti falls desperately in love with Nahemi (Liana Ayon), his little sister’s best friend, a forbidden and impossible match among the closed community.
Photo: Screenshot from the “Good Guys” trailer
A fun and sweet movie that is worth the strange moments in it
On the face of it, the story is excellent, stands on its own, and is also faithful to the original. But, for no other word to describe it, he is, well, weird. The behavior of the characters in some cases is far from realistic, and is not accepted with understanding even within the built-in stretching of the boundaries of a made-up story. I’ll save you spoilers, what’s more, I encourage you to watch the movie, if only for the pleasure of it, because despite everything, it’s really fun, sweet and light, I’ll just say in advance, don’t believe everything you see. I want to say, we’ve gotten used to a quality soufflé, and sometimes it’s a bit of a bummer to discover a cookie or a yeast cake, however bland it may be. Sucks but still worth it.
Those who manage to save the script in its strange moments are the excellent actors on the screen. Great actors and actresses, talented, funny, flowing, reliable and you can continue the list of compliments for at least another paragraph. All true. And of course, the highlight, the chocolate in the cookie, the cherry in the whipped cream, the nut inside the Ferrero, the one and only Kaplan chives. I want her to appear in every movie I ever watch, and if it’s possible for her to also anchor the evening news, I’d love it.
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A romantic comedy that is a must for those who want to discover the lives of others
Director Erez Tadmor said that precisely as someone who lives in Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak is a city he didn’t really want to get to know. “I didn’t take a shortcut in order not to see this city, maybe because of the values that my Holocaust survivor grandfather brought to the family, to stay as far away as possible from this society, because he lost God back in the forests of Poland.”
According to him, this is an amazing world. “Bnei Brak, a very small Brooklyn, the world of matchmaking that is there and matchmakers who negotiate with the parents of boys and girls who are approaching marriageable age, the investigations of the parents as well as the investigations of the matchmakers, to show the respect of the family and the price that people pay if they don’t follow the rules. These are all spicy moments that give Pieces of life with a lot of emotion and humor.”
Tamar is right. His new romantic comedy is packed with humor and emotion. Although it is far from the ultra-orthodox cinema we are used to, it is still a must-see for anyone who wants to discover the lives of others, laugh together with them about themselves, cry, and of course fall in love. want to see