The Yacoubian Building
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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 9 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 2 hrs 45 mins
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 merciless and haunting picture of Egypt. This film from director Marwan Hamed was an official... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Director: Marwan Hamed
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[A] swoony romantic sheen...threatens to downgrade the endeavor from ethnographic document to lifestyle porn with a heavily moralistic edge.
02/01/08
Top Critic
The 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 Critic
This 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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