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Israel, United States · 2020
1h 29m
Director Eytan Fox
Starring John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim, Lihi Kornowski, Miki Kam
Genre Drama
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Michael, a gay travel writer for The New York Times, heads to Tel Aviv after a tragedy. There, he meets Tomer, a queer film student subletting his apartment, and they strike up a friendship that helps him through his midlife crisis in this dynamic drama spanning generations.
The New York Times by Beatrice Loayza
Though far from the gold standard of “brief encounter” dramas like Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” Sublet nevertheless wins you over with its subtle charm and its mellow depiction of two men forging an unexpected connection.
Eytan Fox’s film is a low-key observance of two men finding the beauty in each other’s mysteries and contradictions.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
It’s an evocative film that creeps up on you in unpredictably tender ways, so prepare to shed a tear or two — or three.
With two screenwriters (including the director) and three script editors credited, it may be a classic “too many cooks” situation, as the whole structure is as risk-free and standardized as a TV film, though newcomer Niv Nissem provides a freshness that papers over the conventionality of it all.
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
It’s a gentle, often funny meditation on advancing age and the fragile joys of youth.
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Directed and co-written by Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox, whose films often deal with gay themes, Sublet feels like it’s setting itself up, just a little bit, as a same-sex version of How Stella Got Got Her Groove Back.
RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski
It isn’t bad, per se, but I just never felt the emotional impact it's clearly hoping to achieve.
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