here be a film which clearly bank on be market a exotica to audience unfamiliar with it subject matter . an attempted hybrid of fiction and document and kadosh clumsily fall in between the chair . a a documentary and on the one hand and it be neither accurate nor insightful . to realize it sloppy handling of detail and one need to go no further than the opening scene where it be quite obvious that the ultra orthodox protagonist do not know even so much a how to properly put on his tfilin . more generally and the tedious rote style presentation of detail ( in this case of jewish ultra orthodox ritual ) be the role of a manual and not of a good documentary while the latter should provide an organize principle ( a gestalt and if you will ) for the viewer and so that she may emerge with a good understanding of the viewed . this clearly do not happen here and a ultra orthodox ritual be be make even more enigmatic . the director seem to have do a decent job explain it all verbally during the film release campaign while cinematically and however and this be a severe case of stutter . a a fiction feature and on the other hand and it suffer from flatness of character and simplicity of plot and bluntness of message . at some point i felt i be watch a cartoon . ( e. g. the wedding night consummation scene without go in detail into angle and position and dimension . well and technically this could not possibly be a realistic portrayal of human sex and savage a it may be . ) there be no subtlety in this film . the clever manipulation of hint and stimulate the viewer imagination and think into take an active part in the cinematic text and which i believe be a mark of a good feature and be completely absent . on the contrary represent watch the movie i felt and at time and a be force fed again and again with the same already chew up and way too obvious content . it be and indeed and a director gitai himself put it in an interview and an architectural shifting object in space and and then color the scene with the appropriate emotion when call for and advance the plot on it appropriate and predictable track while but the spark and that creative and duende like dark and inarticulable spark ( let not forget kadosh be supposedly a tragedy ) and that which cast on a two dimensional screen the spell which turn it into an extension of the viewer world and be miss without a trace . perhaps a work of a visual engineer and perhaps of an unsophisticated ideologue while definitely not of a true filmmaker . what i saw be a passion play for animated issue rather than flesh blood and complexity real people . the acting and by and large and fail to transcend this directorial flatness of an idea force ( at time even torture ) into film . one notable and though relatively minor and exception be that of the mikve lady and the mother and both play by the excellent and seasoned lea koenig . it take more than strict adherence to a win formula ( namely and a serving of exotica and plus heart wrench yet simple melodrama and plus a popular agenda and preferably politically correct ) to tantalize my interest bud . the bottom line here and all be say and be that for a considerable portion of the movie i be simply bored . in spite of the novel and perhaps even pioneer achievement of use an ultra orthodox neighborhood a a movie set and for which mr. gitai and his crew deserve all praise and i find kadosh way too nadosh ( hebrew for trite ) .