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One of my all time favorites.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Zero Motivation (2014) is an Israeli film, written and directed by Talya Lavie. The movie takes place at a remote army post of the Israeli Defense Force. All of the main actors portray female conscripts, none of whom wants to be in the army, especially in the middle of the desert.Dana Ivgy plays Zohar and Nelly Tagar plays Daffi, best friends until they're not. All of the women are unmotivated and act like prisoners rather than soldiers. (Well, in a sense they are prisoners.) However, instead of banding together to fight against the repressive officers, they play computer games and fight with each other.Not only was this film demeaning to women, but it wasn't funny. (Well, if you consider a woman committing suicide early in the film funny, then I guess it's funny.)This film won multiple awards at the Israeli Film Academy Awards, and it carries a very high IMDb rating of 7.7. OK--everyone else liked it. I thought it was insulting and demeaning to women, and I really disliked it.We saw this movie in the Dryden Theatre, as part of the fantastic Rochester International Film Festival. It will work on the small screen as well as it worked on the large screen.

This is one of the best Israeli films I've seen. I loved the characters and the real portrayal of army life for women. There was one difficult scene about suicide. It was shown in a somewhat humorous manner, but is obviously a serious problem in the IDF as in other armies. I'll just explain this for people who haven't lived in Israel: "The Kirya" is a base located in TLV, and considered an easy service compared with being placed in a remote location. One of the girls wishes she could serve on this base.Just a note to the actors: please create a profile with your pictures, on this site.

It is interesting that every army looks alike. When I served in the Yugoslav Army back in 1987/88 I felt exactly the same as some of these girls. Stupidity of the Army is dumbfounding. This film portrays that well. I guess armies have to exist to protect the societies from the various enemies, and with Ukraine-Russia conflict it is obvious that well organized armies are good deterrent from the attack by the foreign enemy.Females can be good soldiers even better then males sometimes. This film portrays this well. It also shows us insides of the Israeli Defense Force. Interesting creation is that Israel. A state to protect Jews from the outside enemies. I hate to admit it but there is a reason for Israel to exist, because so many crazies want to hurt Jews. Crazy!!! All the Jews I know are good people. They could be more open to the outside friendlies of other religions, but since what happened to them during WWII it is understandable why they are that way. Once bitten by a snake you are afraid of a snail! Plus they are surrounded by the Arabs. What a dumber! I recommend that you watch this sweet film.

This is a lovely coming-of-age movie about very young women coping with their impossibly dull military service in the Israeli army. The film is very funny with a lot of attention to detail (the officers routinely meet in front of a map marked "Palestine"). The sound track is simple but beautifully put into the context of the movie. The camera work is very low key, and very reminiscent of early Israeli movies in its style. Its not a political movie but it does give a genuine insight into how many young Israeli women experience their military service. As a footnote I will say that I saw it in Tel Aviv, the theatre was packed and as the movie started there was a siren and the whole audience had to shuffle into the exit tunnels. After a few minutes (and having heard the explosion of a missile being intercepted nearby), we went back to our seats and the movie restarted.