Shows the formidable barriers faced by two lesbian lovers in London, England.
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11/21/08
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I Can't Think Straight (2008)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:4
Rotten:27
Average Rating:3.7/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 21, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Tala, a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian origin prepares for an elaborate wedding with her Jordanian fiancé, when she encounters Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best... [More]
Starring: Sheetal Sheth, Lisa Ray, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil
Director: Shamim Sarif
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Reviews for I Can't Think Straight
A shy British Indian woman of the Muslim faith meets an outgoing Jordanian Christian woman, neither of whom can think straight in this entertainment from the mysterious East.
11/15/08
Lipstick lesbians, Hollywood's answer to California's passage of Proposition 8!
11/20/08
In exploring the eternal conflict between love and duty in a fresh, provocative way, Sarif demonstrates that she is a filmmaker of exceptional promise.
11/21/08
Top CriticWriter-director Shamim Sarif can’t seem to make up her mind whether she is making a comedy or a serious point about Muslim attitudes to lesbianism. And so she ends up with a fluffy mess.
04/03/09
Hw do they tell their boyfriends and parents that they're gay? Conventionally, that's how.
11/21/08
Lisa Ray provides the one spark of life in an otherwise drab, graceless production that appears to be set in the Eighties and has the feel of a bad Jilly Cooper novel.
04/03/09
If the plot is cheese, it never rises above the level of a Dairylea triangle
04/10/09
The comedic touches are well wrought, but there's a lot of plodding, earnest discussion about Palestine and Israel, when the focus should be on the Lebanese. Sorry -- the lesbians.
11/20/08
Talk of Middle East politics seems out of place in a lesbian discovery tale, a fact reinforced by the cast, who look as though they're trying to pass kidney stones when the dialogue wanders to the news page.
11/20/08
Lipstick lesbianism among Muslims is the theme of this unfortunately blown chance to say something real and new. Shamim Sarif's film as fluffily lightweight as Deepa Mehta's Fire was dark and dire.
11/21/08
She is still some way short of making a movie that deserves a ticket-buying audience.
04/09/09
A should-have-been straight-to-DVD film that ticks enough boxes to make its cinema release an example of affirmative action.
04/03/09
Plugging the same two actresses into different Sapphic scenarios may be a valid filmmaking strategy but it can be an extremely boring one.
11/21/08
Top CriticEvery image seems to have been Scotchgarded.
11/20/08
Top CriticIt’s such a mish-mash of terrible ideas next to sincere and affecting themes that it never really works and repeatedly sabotages any recommendation.
04/03/09
Deep stuff, then, but imbued with all the weight of a prawn cracker. Its explosive coming-out scene can’t compensate for car crash acting. Sadly, great sounding drivel is still drivel.
04/03/09
Although she has made two films in rapid succession, Sarif shows no discernible aptitude for her new medium.
11/21/08
Top CriticThis lesbian love story is never less than watchable, thanks to a captivating central performance by Lisa Ray, though the script and direction leave a lot to be desired.
04/02/09
Homophobia in Muslim families and communities is a topic ripe for exploration, but as its eye-rollingly lame titular pun makes clear, I Can't Think Straight isn't the film to do it.
11/16/08
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