Best Film at Toronto
8/10
Author: dhanson2k from Sundance
17 September 2011
There's a line in the movie that goes, "We need a good story about the Middle East that doesn't have explosions."This is it! Hilarious and touching,Ewan,Emily,and Amr are fantastic. Ewan plays this homely, heads-down British government biologist to a T. Amr is a promising newcomer. And Emily is always amazing. I saw this at the opening in Toronto and the audience loved it.
No wonder it was the first one sold at the festival. A big of an underdog, a lot of other people thought it was the best they saw too. Maybe they should change the name to something catchier. That's my only suggestion. I hope this changes how people view the middle east, even in a small way.