Synopsis
Inventing Our Life examines the 100 year history of Israel's kibbutz movement, one of the world's longest running and most successful experiments in pure communism. Recreating its glorious past and chronicling its recent decline, Inventing Our Life focuses on the heartbreak and hope of the modern kibbutz, as a new generation struggles to insure its survival. Can a radically socialist institution survive a new market-driven reality with its ideological integrity intact? How will this affect the lives of the tens of thousands of people who still believe in the kibbutz experiment and continue to call it home? As the film progresses, the drama shifts from Can it survive? to Yes, but at what price?
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
1.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
15.6%
Critic Consensus
81.8% Fresh • 11 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 82% of 11 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize historical, thought-provoking, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
historicalthought-provokingcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingrealistic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score82.0
RT critic review count11
Rotten Tomatoes audience score86.0
RT audience rating count50
IMDb rating6.5
IMDb votes27
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2012 | $16,734 | $22,863 |
| International | 2012 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2012 | $16,734 | $22,863 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2012 | $8,367 | $11,432 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2012 | $592,000 | $808,843 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2012 | $266,000 | $363,433 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2012 | $939,000 | $1,282,946 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2012 | $2,320,000 | $3,169,791 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2012 | $70,800 | $96,733 |
| Total Revenues | 2012 | $4,196,167 | $5,733,178 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2012 | $236,000 (est) | $322,444 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2012 | $80,000 (est) | $109,303 (est) |
| Participations | 2012 | $168,000 | $229,537 |
| Residuals ? | 2012 | $268,000 | $366,166 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2012 | $47,200 | $64,489 |
| Total Expenses | 2012 | $799,200 | $1,091,938 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2012 | $3,396,967 | $4,641,239 |
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|---|
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 | Won't You Be My Neighbor? | 2018 | Shared genres: 2 | 81.8 | $15,069,865 |
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 | I Am Not Your Negro | 2017 | Shared genres: 2 | 75.4 | $20,548,079 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $0, DVD $1,708,000, BluRay $612,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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