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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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09/14/03
Contrived plot and paper-thin characterizations.
08/27/03
The placid, earnest way [Rana's] dilemma takes up emotional space in [Abu-Assad's] film suggests half-bakery.
08/19/03
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
The film bundles messy history into messy lives, and it breathes.
03/26/04
Excellent acting, and a plot that combines suspense, whimsy, and political resonance make this Palestinian comedy-drama an unusual treat.
08/21/03
Like 'Divine Intervention,' 'Rana's Wedding' depicts the madness of macabre non sequitur that rules the daily lives of Palestinians living in Jerusalem.
08/10/03
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
Quietly furious poem to the travails of life under Israeli occupation.
11/25/03
Rana's Wedding is a poignant and touching Palestinian film about love as the only valid antidote to fear in an environment of anger, hatred, violence and death.
08/21/03
The Palestinian film community is no threat to Iran's but 'Rana's Wedding' is a promising, if artistically amateurish, try.
08/23/03
This wedding film is no stale confection.
03/12/04
Director Hany Abu-Assad makes delightful use of time, stretching out the action over the course of one day.
10/20/03
even if we have to view it through a 'security camera.' Something remarkable happens daily in Jerusalem
12/01/05
A bittersweet film that tells the story of Palestinian life as eloquently as anything ever done.
10/17/03
The final scene packs a huge impact. Simple but surprising, intensely personal and yet symbolic of the greater Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the film is as eloquent a statement as can be made on war, peace and humanity in Israel.
06/16/03
Vibrant filmmaking that manages to deliver pertinent news about life under occupation.
10/08/03
Khoury may be a few years too old to play a minor still squirming under her father's thumb, but her performance as a timid young woman who finds strength while looking for a husband is quite affecting.
08/22/03
Effectively conveys the fears and frustrations of Palestinians struggling in a country that treats them as the enemy.
12/01/03
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