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I Can't Think Straight

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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

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 friend Ali. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate. Tala’s feisty nature provokes Leyla out of her shell and soon both women reveal their feelings for each other. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made and escapes back to Jordan where her chain-smoking high-brow mother finishes preparations for an ostentatious wedding.

As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, simmering family tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. Meanwhile heartbroken Leyla relishes her newly found sense of identity and self-respect and moves on with her new life – much to the shock of her tradition-loving Indian parents. Single again, Tala flies back to London – but it will take more than just a date set up by Ali and Leyla’s sister Zara to win Leyla back.--© Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Sheetal Sheth, Lisa Ray, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil

Starring: Sheetal Sheth, Lisa Ray, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil, Nina Wadia, Ernest Ignatius, Siddiqua Akhtar, Amber Rose Revah, Kimberly Jarai

Director: Shamim Sarif

Director: Shamim Sarif
Producer: Hanan Kattan
Studio: Regent Releasing

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Nov 30, 1999

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DVD Features:

  • Region 0
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  • Widescreen - 1.85

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  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - Japanese, Spanish
 
 
 
 

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This is a tasteful, romantic lesbian flick, and neither romance nor taste is a substitute for hot naked lesbians getting it on.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
11/21/08
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

A should-have-been straight-to-DVD film that ticks enough boxes to make its cinema release an example of affirmative action.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/03/09
Holly Grigg-Spall
Holly Grigg-Spall
Channel 4 Film

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.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
11/15/08
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

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.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
04/03/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

If the plot is cheese, it never rises above the level of a Dairylea triangle

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
04/10/09
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

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.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
11/21/08
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Although she has made two films in rapid succession, Sarif shows no discernible aptitude for her new medium.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
11/21/08
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Frankly this looks more like Dynasty, with some very broad, soapy acting, coy sex scenes and some airily conspicuous wealth.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
04/03/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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10/30/09
Jam! Movies

It’s such a mish-mash of terrible ideas next to sincere and affecting themes that it never really works and repeatedly sabotages any recommendation.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
04/03/09
Jon Williams
Jon Williams
Little White Lies

In exploring the eternal conflict between love and duty in a fresh, provocative way, Sarif demonstrates that she is a filmmaker of exceptional promise.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
11/21/08
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Hw do they tell their boyfriends and parents that they're gay? Conventionally, that's how.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
11/21/08
New York Post

Plugging the same two actresses into different Sapphic scenarios may be a valid filmmaking strategy but it can be an extremely boring one.

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11/21/08
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Lipstick lesbians, Hollywood's answer to California's passage of Proposition 8!

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
11/20/08
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

Both films are politically daring as well as what used to be called risque. Neither, I'm afraid, is well directed or acted.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
04/09/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Glossy and lacking depth as it trivializes every subject it touches.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
12/12/08
Stan Hall
Stan Hall
Oregonian

A decent plot and strong characters can't quite overcome the limitations of this low-budget film, mainly because the director struggles to inject much energy or spark into the story. Which is frustrating for a premise with this much potential.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
04/07/09
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

This one's got it's heart in the right place...but little else to recommend it.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
04/03/09
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/16/08
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
 
 
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