Close to Home

Name: Close to Home
Genre: Drama
Released: 2005-07-15
Rating: 6.2

Drama1h 38m

🍅69%

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69%

Tomatometer

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63%

Popcornmeter

6.2

TMDB

Storyline

Smadar (Smadar Sayar) and Mirit (Naama Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to friendship as they deal with their own emotional issues, the crushes and break-ups in their love lives, as well as the political realities.

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DirectorsVardit Bilu, Dalia Hager

ReleasedJul 15, 2005

StatusReleased

Original languageHebrew

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

Transfax Film Productions

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“While Close to Home devotes too much time chastising military service, its female perspective is unique and refreshing.”

69% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Linda Barnard

RTToronto StarMay 18, 2007

While Close to Home follows a predictable path in its story, it's not without its charms, much of it down to the very believable portrayal of the young soldiers who view many of their duties with the world-weariness of terminally bored teens.

Kamal Al-Solaylee

RTGlobe and MailMay 18, 2007

Both [main actresses] show their characters' growth while steadfastly and, sadly, unsuccessfully trying to hold on to the last vestiges of their innocence. If that's not the real tragedy of life in the Middle East, I don't know what is.

Patrick Peters

RTEmpire MagazineMay 7, 2007

A slyly subversive insight into the role of women in the Israeli military, this is a surprisingly compassionate satire that makes its political points without resorting to caricature.

Hannah Brown

RTJerusalem PostMar 22, 2016

An engaging, straightforward look at female soldiers guarding the center of Jerusalem during the current intifada.