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Rana's Wedding (2002)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:25
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: A poignant drama that offers a look at what it is like to live in occupied Palestine.
Theatrical Release:Aug 22, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Rana wakes up one morning to an ultimatum delivered by her father: She must either choose a husband from a pre-selected list of eligible men, or she must accompany her father abroad. Rana's Wedding... [More]
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Reviews for Rana's Wedding
Rana's Wedding serves as a strong reminder of the difficulties the people of Jerusalem face every day.
12/02/05
even if we have to view it through a 'security camera.' Something remarkable happens daily in Jerusalem
12/01/05
So clearly a product of our collective kingdom of frustration and rubble, that she can't help but give voice to a universal howl.
04/09/04
The film bundles messy history into messy lives, and it breathes.
03/26/04
This wedding film is no stale confection.
03/12/04
Top CriticGentle, tumultuous coming-of- age-in-a-day story.
02/20/04
The movie is passable as a story but fascinating as a document.
01/30/04
Top CriticAs Rana, Khoury gives the film a sympathetic center, but also a maddening one.
01/29/04
Top CriticEffectively conveys the fears and frustrations of Palestinians struggling in a country that treats them as the enemy.
12/01/03
Top CriticQuietly furious poem to the travails of life under Israeli occupation.
11/25/03
Director Hany Abu-Assad makes delightful use of time, stretching out the action over the course of one day.
10/20/03
A bittersweet film that tells the story of Palestinian life as eloquently as anything ever done.
10/17/03
Top CriticVibrant filmmaking that manages to deliver pertinent news about life under occupation.
10/08/03
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09/14/03
Both wry and sobering, if such a thing is possible.
09/12/03
Top CriticPortrays with equal parts lyricism and unsentimental candor the leaps of faith it takes to act without knowing all the answers.
09/12/03
Top CriticContrived plot and paper-thin characterizations.
08/27/03
Top CriticThe Palestinian film community is no threat to Iran's but 'Rana's Wedding' is a promising, if artistically amateurish, try.
08/23/03
It's the kind of traditional, happy-to-please filmmaking that has rendered the ritual of moviegoing a universal and largely secular and entertaining experience.
08/23/03
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