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

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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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Hw do they tell their boyfriends and parents that they're gay? Conventionally, that's how.

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11/21/08
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In exploring the eternal conflict between love and duty in a fresh, provocative way, Sarif demonstrates that she is a filmmaker of exceptional promise.

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11/21/08
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Shows the formidable barriers faced by two lesbian lovers in London, England.

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11/21/08
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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

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11/21/08
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Lipstick lesbians, Hollywood's answer to California's passage of Proposition 8!

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11/20/08
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

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.

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11/20/08
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

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.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
11/20/08
Anna King
Anna King
Time Out New York

Every image seems to have been Scotchgarded.

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11/20/08
Jim Ridley
Jim Ridley
Village Voice
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The film is too schematic by half and overflows with one-dimensional characters.

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11/18/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety

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.

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11/16/08
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

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.

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11/15/08
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