Synopsis
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
29.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
46.8%
Critic Consensus
89.1% Fresh • 55 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 89% of 55 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, stylized, gritty. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
thin plotstylizedgrittyemotionallightheartedrealisticvisually strikingdarktragic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score89.0
RT critic review count61
Rotten Tomatoes audience score79.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes2,792
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2008 | $341,221 | $497,172 |
| International | 2008 | $569,093 | $829,189 |
| Worldwide | 2008 | $910,314 | $1,326,361 |
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 | 2008 | $398,248 | $580,262 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2008 | $727,000 | $1,059,266 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2008 | $259,000 | $377,373 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2008 | $6,025,000 | $8,778,646 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2008 | $12,484,000 | $18,189,646 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2008 | $153,549 | $223,727 |
| Total Revenues | 2008 | $20,046,797 | $29,208,919 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2008 | $1,001,000 (est) | $1,458,494 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2008 | $728,000 (est) | $1,060,723 (est) |
| Participations | 2008 | $802,000 | $1,168,543 |
| Residuals ? | 2008 | $1,407,000 | $2,050,051 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2008 | $200,200 | $291,699 |
| Total Expenses | 2008 | $4,138,200 | $6,029,509 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2008 | $15,908,597 | $23,179,410 |
Similar Movies
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|---|
 | Parasite | 2019 | Shared genres: 2 | 96.9 | $85,037,839 |
 | Your Name. | 2017 | Shared genres: 2 | 96.1 | $-703,056,947 |
 | The Intouchables | 2012 | Shared genres: 2 | 95.5 | $143,746,007 |
 | Life Is Beautiful | 1998 | Shared genres: 2 | 95.2 | $112,743,538 |
 | Pan's Labyrinth | 2006 | Shared genres: 2 | 93.6 | $42,403,223 |
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 $11,368,000, BluRay $1,115,000
- 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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