It's a bold film for an Arabic country.
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05/02/08
The Yacoubian Building (2006)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:9
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.2/10
Synopsis: The complex, corrupt, and beautiful stories of the residents of central Cairo who live in the crumbling, once-decadent Yacoubian Building are interwoven in this roman à clef, which paints a... [More]
Director: Marwan Hamed
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Reviews for The Yacoubian Building
1 - 9 (sorted by date)
[A] swoony romantic sheen...threatens to downgrade the endeavor from ethnographic document to lifestyle porn with a heavily moralistic edge.
02/01/08
Rich and imposing.
12/14/07
Top CriticThe Yacoubian Building is a flawed, yet ultimately illuminating film worth seeing.
12/08/06
At more than 2 1/2 hours, The Yacoubian Building is nothing if not long. But it's a window into a culture that few of us get to see.
12/08/06
Top CriticThis sweeping melodrama is nothing less than an Egyptian state-of-the-nation address.
12/08/06
A revelatory slice of secular life in downtown, modern-day Cairo... like an Egyptian Tales From the City, soapy with communal taboos in each of its entwined scenarios... enlightening and articulate...
07/13/06
A grand and soapy experience set in the fading glory of apartments meant for a better time and place.
06/05/06
The Yacoubian Building distinguishes itself both as the most expensive Egyptian film ever made and, despite its nearly three-hour running time, one of the most watchable.
04/25/06
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