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Parents' Guide to

Uri And Ella

By Melissa Camacho, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 15+

Mature, poignant comedy explores life after grief.

TV Max Comedy 2021
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

  • Uri and Ella TV Show: Father and daughter.
  • Uri and Ella TV Show: Ella at dinner.
  • Uri and Ella TV Show: Uri, Schmulik, and Kineret.

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What's the Story?

URI AND ELLA is an Israeli comedy series about the close relationship between a father and his adult daughter. A year after Uri's (Shlomo Bar-Aba) wife Tami dies of cancer, he and his quirky daughter Ella (Dina Senderson) are trying to move forward with their lives. Uri is a famous and wealthy Israeli musician who has to negotiate his life as a single 60-year-old man, while Ella, a pampered underachiever, tries to figure out what she wants. As they navigate their way forward, her brother Shmulik (Gal Toren) watches from the sidelines. Meanwhile, folks like the famous chef Zuki (Pablo Rosenberg), Kineret (Liron Vaisman), a troubled mother of two, and Ella's friend Zohar (Abigail Kovari) make their lives more complicated and interesting.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: Not yet rated
Kids say: Not yet rated

The entertaining series features a father and daughter who, after a year of grieving the loss of their wife and mother, are individually trying to move forward with their lives. Central to the show is Uri (Shlomo Bar-Aba) and Ella's (Dina Senderson) close but somewhat co-dependent relationship, which serves as both a deterrent to building new relationships with other people, and a source of support when things go wrong once they do.

The exchanges between father and daughter are amusingly sharp, and the duo's colorful friends, especially Zuki (Pablo Rosenberg) and Kineret (Liron Vaisman), add to the fray. But Uri and Ella is also full of emotional moments that remind you that as far as they've come along, their journey still isn't an easy one. If you're looking for a smart and unique dramatic comedy series, this one is worth tuning into.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Parents can talk about grieving the loss of a loved one. At what point does it become a little easier to live with the loss? What are the different ways that Uri and Ella are coping with that next step?

  • Uri and Ella feature universal themes that appeal to a broad audience. But do TV shows from other countries always translate well in the United States? Are U.S. television comedies always successful in other countries? Why?

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