At a certain point in the movie, someone listens to "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees. Or so they say. It doesn't sound like the recording we all know, and apparently it's actually a different version recorded in an Israeli studio. Not that it's a bad version, even considering the singers' accents, but why say it's the real Bee Gees when it isn't? Similarly, the movie has a fine story, basically a tragedy played as a comedy in the context of Israeli politics (much like NORMAN a couple of years before), but it insists on connecting itself to the real-life story of the Shas political party in Jerusalem-- although it does admit that it combines fact and fiction. Rather than muddling the two together, a better idea would have been not to use the Shas name, and to set the story in a fictitious Israeli city to stand on its own merits and let any resemblance to the history of Shas be for the audience to discover.
Still, the movie is very amusing while bringing serious issues to the fore regarding society and politics, the setting looks very realistic, the music is top-notch, and the tragicomedy is a well-proportioned blend.
Still, the movie is very amusing while bringing serious issues to the fore regarding society and politics, the setting looks very realistic, the music is top-notch, and the tragicomedy is a well-proportioned blend.