Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

baron1-1 This is a funny movie, which is unfortunate, because the humor is used to deliver anti-Jewish and anti-Israel lies and stereotypes. While the slant is basically anti-religious on both sides, the anti-Semitis goes unchallenged, leaving a poisonous taste. It no doubt reflects the general state of mind in Britain and the Muslim community, but that is no excuse. The only good thing about it is that it gave some work to Jewish actors. It is not on the level of My Beautiful Launderette, by far. As Hanif Kureishi is mentioned in the course of the movie, it bears comparison with his fine work. It is tacky. It is a vehicle for its executive producer, to be sure, and a very good actor who plays his son. The hiring of Richard Schiff would seem to be an attempt to give it legitimacy. But by all means, watch it if you want to see a rabbi get punched, another tacky and meaningless Bar Mitzvah ceremony and other such statements.

FlashCallahan Mahmud Nasir lives with his pretty wife and two children. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric'.Mahmud, is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place.Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.He conceals this information from his family, and with the help of his neighbour, tries to understand the Jews, their religion and even locates his birth-father, who is on his death-bed in a nursing home.Mahmud does not know that Arshad has been checking into his background, has videotaped him setting fire to a Jewish cap during a protest, and has already approved of him, despite of his letter to the media about 'moderate Muslims'.But on the day of the meeting with Arshad and Uzma - Mahmud will find his life drastically changed...Back in the nineties, Baddiel was a comedy genius, giving us some of the freshest material against a lot of British has beens ho were constantly going on about the government. Fast forward almost twenty years, and Baddiel is turning into one of those comedians, with this lukewarm affair.The film just gets tangles up in it's own smugness, it tries to be too clever, the premise is simple, but gets bogged down by the silly script and the unclear narrative.The cast are good, and for a stand up comedian, Djalli is great in the lead role.But the film appears to be too careful as to who it will offend, where it should have done the opposite, making it a little controversial.There are interesting aspects though, the sub-plot involving the disgraced eighties singer is a good inclusion, but the rest of it is sadly wasted, despite the good cast and the good intentions.

primevalsoup I felt disappointment at the end. But not because there is anything wrong with it. Just that I really want something to hit the nail on the head with Israel/Palestine/Antisemitism/Islamophobia and get rid of this huge problem. Though why would one expect a comedy to do such a thing? The reason I am so desperate to see an end to these conflicts is because they are so difficult to resolve. And because, in my opinion, they are the biggest stimulus for all the terror nonsense going on these days. Why young men get their legs and more blown off every day, people get bombed and shot, air strikes destroy ambulances, loads of people go around being racist, security checks take forever and Western nations end up torturing people thus ruining their credibility when trying advocate human rights. What a mess!This topic is under publicised considering how important it is. Too little is said. And when I see/hear people discussing it I too often see/hear people rigidly stuck to a position from which no meaningful compromise of opinion can be reached without heat, anger, shouting, conflation of issues etc.The film does address the issue and I think boldly. Inevitably some people will find this offensive to both Muslim and Jewish people. I am neither (though I know plenty of both). But I like the fact that it has characters coming out with all the racist BS that gets said - and makes it sound ridiculous like it is. And there are 'good' and 'bad' characters from both sides.The thing about the racist 'BS' mentioned above is that a lot of the criticism that falls on entire religions/races is appropriate when aimed at individuals belonging to those groups. It's the blanket generalisations that are wrong and annoy me. I felt that it helped to demonstrate that it's individual idiots, not idiotic peoples, that give huge numbers of people a tarnished reputation in the eyes of those unwilling to think too hard about all of this. And I am happy this film has done that.I suspect I might review how highly I think of this film at a later date. Did it seem less funny than it could have because of the subject? Or was I willing it to seem funny because I was happy with what it was trying to do? I know I will laugh upon remembering some scenes and ideas. It should be watched.

Naiem Sultan Hi film fans!I love British comedies, and I have watched films like 51 State and East is East over and over again and are as entertaining as the first time I saw them. This film was a total waste of time for me. I found it very shallow and a bit insulting to both Jews and Muslims. The film is meant to be light hearted comedy, but does portray every Jew to be sympathetic to Israel which is very far from the truth. The film then goes on to portray Muslims to be in 2 groups, one who are totally right wing extremists and the others who don't really care about Islam. If the writers wanted to make a comedic film about a Muslim who finds out he was born a Jew, they could have distanced themselves away from religious stereo types and concentrated on humour and an actual plot rather than putting so much emphasis on religion alone. Thank you for reading.