Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

rehabpatail-769-712349 In a nutshell, "Sabah" is a lot of Arab stereotypes rolled into one and sends the wrong message about Muslim women. This is not something I usually care to defend but throughout the entire movie, all Sabah does is contradict herself. "Oh I can't do this because Islam says not to but hey, let me change 40 years of beliefs within a matter of a few minutes/days".I understand it's a movie and it's supposed to be lighthearted and whatnot but come on, this is extremely unrealistic for a movie that's trying to portray a situation a lot of Muslim women in the Western world are going through. Her transitions make no sense at all.SPOILER Does no one find it strange that her sister-in-law's affair is a topic that doesn't even get touched after it's been introduced? What was the point of bringing it up in the first place? SPOILERI don't know how people who have no experience with Islam and the Arab culture feel about this movie but as someone who does, I can say it sucked. A lot. A LOT. It was...just horrid. I don't think a minute went by when I didn't cringe or groan out of disbelief.

Rihab Sawah I don't LOVE many movies, but this one I DO LOVE! The story offers us an opportunity to get in touch with the very human part of who we are. Love is one of those few languages we all speak around the globe and there could never be boundaries to confine it, even the boundaries set by the training of a traditional religious family.I am an Arab who grew up in a traditional Muslim family in Damascus, Syria and have a somewhat similar story to that of Sabah, as I married a non-Arab, white with blue eyes, American man. I find stories like this refreshing as they go against every stereotype that boxed-minded people have about Arabs and Muslims. It is a story that does not fit into any mold, and forces the viewer to review their position and inner attitudes about another religion or culture.This movie is powerful in a sense that it stands in the face of all western propaganda regarding Arabs, and paints Arabs for who they really are: human beings who live in every day life, fall in love, have joys and sorrows, and in their hearts are very generous and compassionate people.

Mohamed Abolsoud Overall, I liked the movie. It is a light, comedy, romantic movie. I think the main reason people loved this movie is the Arabic culture which is rarely presented in western movies. As a Muslim and Arab as well, I can tell that from a point of view of Canadian or American this is Romantic lovely story, but from my point of view there are lots of contradiction in this movie.How a 40 years old women living in the Canada for this long, wearing Hegab and refusing to let a man to seize her hand will jump to bed with him that easy. The fast changing of the family and especially the brother look to the lady's boyfriend is funny. Accepting your sister to spend a night with here boyfriend this is non realistic. Also, the end is like a fast systematic happy end. It could be written much better.To be honest, I think that this movie presents Canadian people with Arabian culture, not Arabian people living in Canada. That's why I liked this movie. And by the way, these women don't know how to dance. They are not good dancers at all.

jonathancee This movie offers nothing new to the audience. They basically put this script through a spaghetti machine and this was the end product. Id rather throw my nine dollars in the street and watch bums fight over it. It is my Big Fat Greek Wedding meets Bend It Like Beckham without the football or the Greeks. The only good part about this movie is the opening score which kind of moved me a little. I can't understand why people like this movie so much. It tries to be another film that dips into multiculturalism but in the end just falls short of being a good movie period. The main actress seems to only get work when movies are produced by her husband. There is your ten lines IMDb!