Footnote

Footnote (2011)

  • 91% of critics liked it
    (79 reviews)

  • 74% of users liked it
    (21,472 ratings)

Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are both eccentric professors, who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father, Eliezer, is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. While his son, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the field,… More

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PG, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Joseph Cedar
Written By
Joseph Cedar
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Mar 9, 2012 Limited
Sony Pictures Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Long, Detroit News

    "Footnote" deals with ambition, isolation, the dangers of too much success and the inevitable gap between generations.

  • David Denby, New Yorker

    Footnote requires little knowledge of Judaism and its texts. Rather, it's about the complications of love, guilt, and rage.

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    Israeli writer-director Joseph Cedar's tale of two Talmudic scholars set in present-day Jerusalem, while not exactly side-splitting, is quietly riotous. And, yes, the guffaws are bittersweet.

  • Rafer Guzman, Newsday

    A droll, deadpan satire of the professional contempt and personal rancor that breeds in any narrow field.

  • Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

    Footnote is a film about the nature of truth, about sacrifice, hubris, hypocrisy. It's nothing short of brilliant.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Greg S


    The story of two Professor Shkolniks: father Eliezer is a bitter Talmudic scholar whose life work can be reduced to one footnote in a major reference work, while son Uriel is a rising academic star who has outshone his father but remains loyal to the old man. It sounds dry, but… More

  • c0up  


    'Footnote'. Pride is at the forefront of this complicated, but hilarious father-son relationship. Acting, writing, direction. Tick tick tick.

  • Walter M


    "Footnote" starts with Professor Uriel Shkolnik(Lior Ashkenazi) being honored for his work in Talmudic research while his father, Professor Eliezer Shkolnik(Shlomo Bar-Aba), suffers through the evening in silence before declining a ride home. In fact, Eliezer is literally a… More

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