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Cupcakes(בננות)

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Israel, France · 2013
1h 32m
Director Eytan Fox
Starring Ofer Shechter, Anat Waxman, Yael Bar-Zohar, Efrat Dor
Genre Comedy

In Tel Aviv, a group of friends gather to watch Universong, a televised international song contest. Unimpressed by the Israeli entry, they compose their own: a flashy, satirical pop love song. When they jokingly submit the song to the contest, it unexpectedly becomes Israel's official entry.

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New York Daily News by

If this Semitic “Strictly Ballroom” and its campy, colorful characters (including a hummus baron!) don’t win you over, you may want to check your pulse.

70

The Dissolve by Andrew Lapin

The fun comes not from the pink neon frosting, but from seeing how Fox and co-writer Eli Bijaoui use it to decorate their familiar themes of authenticity, kitsch, and what it means to have progressive pride within a changing country.

70

Variety by Ronnie Scheib

Momentarily abandoning the strain of imagining liberation within a realistically perceived Israel, Fox here settles for the ephemeral glow of an exuberant block party.

70

Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden

Though the comic confection's clunky moments keep it from achieving soufflé delicacy, its bright zingers and seamless fantasy sequences amp the playfulness, and the mostly unforced performances complement the production's cartoonish exuberance.

60

Time Out by Tom Huddleston

If Pedro Almodóvar was hired to direct another "Sex and the City" film, it might end up like Cupcakes. The sort of movie that adjectives like frothy and bubbly were invented for.

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