‘Yes’ Review: From Israel, an Uncomfortable Existential Howl
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Nadav Lapid’s scathing tone and accelerated rhythms lead this movie about a married couple who ingratiate themselves with the country’s power elite.
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It’s important to note that Lapid doesn’t include major Palestinian or Arab characters in his movies, an absence that has shaped his feature-length films, this one included. Again and again, Lapid has turned his pitiless, diagnostic gaze on Israel and Israelis and, again and again, he finds fault, sometimes with humor and often in anger. “Yes” is an unsparing movie and can be hard to watch partly because Lapid’s raw fury and maximalist approach can border on off-putting excess. There are times in “Yes” when he seems to be veering out of control. At other times, he almost seems to bait you to look away, to turn off and tune out just like his revelers, even as he inexorably pulls you in, forcing you to bear witness alongside him.
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