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Oct 31, 2014
91
An absorbing office saga and diverting dark comedy, Zero Motivation is a surprisingly insightful coming-of-age tale, utilizing the milieu of the military to look at desire, loneliness, identity, fitting in and many aspects of everyday complex female life.
Dec 2, 2014
90
Zero Motivation opens as bleak, rebellious comedy but grows into a smart and moving story of entering adulthood.
Dec 4, 2014
88
Like classic military comedies from “Catch-22” to “M*A*S*H,” Talya Lavie’s Zero Motivation offers its own appealing blend of irreverence and absurdism.
Feb 27, 2015
88
A delightful, sharp dramedy that skewers the topic from every angle imaginable.
Jan 15, 2015
83
Although its three-part structure plays out more like sketch comedy than a fully-cooked story, Lavie's debut is an impressive and entertaining one.
Dec 8, 2014
80
Zero Motivation is a shot of honesty, in which short-term goals are far more important than larger geo-political ones. Perhaps because they are the only ones over which we have any control.
Dec 15, 2014
80
The mundane becomes absurd, and the hilarious turns to hilariously gruesome. Sometimes that humor underlines the characters’ struggles.
Jan 15, 2015
80
Satiric, surreal, unexpected and at times wildly funny, Zero Motivation is a savage black comedy that eviscerates an unexpected target: the Israeli army.
Dec 3, 2014
75
Melancholy climactic trajectory aside, Zero Motivation is primarily very funny.
Oct 31, 2014
70
Beneath the strings of gags and wisecracks run parallel threads of ruthlessness and hysteria which bring “Motivation” a little closer to “Full Metal Jacket” than “Private Benjamin” as off-screen conflicts invade the closed-in encampment.