...a promising yet unfulfilling endeavor...
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10/01/09
Laila's Birthday (2009)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:May 29, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: Judge Abu Laila (Mohamed Bakri) is forced to become a taxi driver when the government runs out of money to pay for his wages. On the day of his daughter Laila's seventh birthday, his wife insists... [More]
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09/18/09
Top CriticOne miserable day for a Palestinian man. The big surprise is that the annoyances come from his fellow Ramallah residents, not from the Israeli occupiers.
06/05/09
Funny, refreshingly witty and offbeat with a delicate balance between comedy and drama.
05/31/09
The film’s comic tone and biting dialogue tempers the awareness that these vignettes symbolize deeper and more dangerous issues.
05/29/09
It's only the start of Abu Laila's long, long day in Laila's Birthday (Eid milad Laila), and already, he's impatient.
05/29/09
Masharawi’s film is a vivid passenger-seat tour of a society perpetually crashing into madness.
05/28/09
Laila's Birthday is beautifully shot and overlaid with a spare, lyrical score that lends rueful emphasis to Masharawi's exasperated fidelity to a chronically malfunctioning city.
05/27/09
Top CriticRashid Masharawi’s film is a fleet, dark urban comedy that registers outrage in glancing jabs of absurdist observation.
05/27/09
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