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NUMBERS
Box Office: $1,188,608
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CONSENSUS
An observant black comedy about arranged marriages and tradition.
CAST & CREW
Lior Loui Ashkenazi, Ronit Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov
Directed by Dover Kosashvili
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SYNOPSIS
Like the protagonist of LATE MARRIAGE, writer-director Dover Kosashvili was born in Georgia (of the former USSR) and raised in Israel. more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated
RUNTIME
1 hour, 40 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 17, 2002
Video: Feb 18, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Magnolia Pictures
GENRE
Comedies, Dramas, Foreign Films, Romance, Marriage, Divorce, Relationships, Families
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Late Marriage Site
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TRAILER & MEDIA
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "A remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending, which is just the point."
-- Robert Wilonsky, NEW TIMES
"[Koshashvili] sometimes drags [the ideas] out (the film needs tightening), but they're worth considering all the same."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"A seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by Georgian-Israeli director Dover Kosashvili."
-- Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
 "Whatever virtues Israeli audiences might have discerned in
the film haven't survived the oceanic crossing...remarkably
dull."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Brilliantly explores the conflict between following one's heart and following the demands of tradition."
-- Daniel Steinhart, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Late Marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"Improves when it takes a more serious tone and Zaza and Judith develop into deeper characterizations."
-- Ed Scheid, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"'The film, in its own remarkably
observational way, gradually transforms from an often brutal comedy into a domestic horror film.'"
-- Nathaniel Rogers, CINESCENE.COM
"The ending does leave you unfulfilled, but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece."
-- Rebort, IOFILM.CO.UK
"A very funny look at how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"The picture is often hilarious but spins darker in surprising jolts."
-- Kim Morgan, OREGONIAN
"There aren't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv."
-- Arthur Lazere, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
"a blistering (and often funny) critique of conservative family traditionalism intruding on the realm of romantic love"
-- James Kendrick, Q NETWORK FILM DESK
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"The movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Using an endearing cast, writer/director Dover Kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships, both sexual and kindred."
-- Gerry Shamray, SUN NEWSPAPERS OF CLEVELAND
"'...young, savvy cinematic sensibility framed by the limitations of a conservative, unrelenting culture.'"
-- Anita Schmaltz, METRO TIMES
"Unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups, not much camera movement, and most of the scenes take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters."
-- Robert Roten, LARAMIE MOVIE SCOPE
"Grating and tedious."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"Judith and Zaza's extended bedroom sequence ... is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics."
-- Peter Rainer, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"Late Marriage's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet."
-- Connie Ogle, MIAMI HERALD
"I am sorry that I was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy."
-- Karina Montgomery, CINERINA
"Late Marriage joins the list of Israeli cinema that -- intentionally or otherwise -- holds up a mirror to its American audience and then turns that same mirror to show a doorway to some challenging issues."
-- Jon Lap, APOLLO GUIDE
"The 1960s rebellion was misdirected: you can't fight your culture."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
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"Features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film."
-- Megan Turner, NEW YORK POST
"Will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest, most deceptively amusing comedies of the year."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"This may be Dover Kosashvili's feature directing debut, but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty, awkward and ironic."
-- Jane Sumner, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"A romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"There's none of the happily-ever -after spangle of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage -- and that's part of what makes Dover Kosashvili's outstanding feature debut so potent."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"A deliciously mordant, bitter black comedy."
-- Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"The last scenes of the film are anguished, bitter and truthful. Mr. Koshashvili is a director to watch."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Unfolds in a low-key, organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
"One of those welcome visitors, a movie that turns out to be much more than we expected."
-- John Petrakis, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"An unforgettable look at morality, family, and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage."
-- Loren King, BOSTON GLOBE
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"Whenever you think you've figured out Late Marriage, it throws you for a loop."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
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