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Salama gently, effectively examines the role religion can play in one's life and outlook versus how a secular, more free-thinking existence may offer greater latitude but not always better or happier choices. Jan 4, 2018 | Full Review…
Salama gently, effectively examines the role religion can play in one's life and outlook versus how a secular, more free-thinking existence may offer greater latitude but not always better or happier choices.
Gary Goldstein
Dangles something fun, only to deliver something sober, neither angle well-realized enough to make a satisfying whole. Sep 16, 2017 | Full Review…
Dangles something fun, only to deliver something sober, neither angle well-realized enough to make a satisfying whole.
Dennis Harvey
Salama ... uses playful juxtapositions and time-jumping plotlines to make serious points about compassion, generational friction and family dysfunction. Sep 15, 2017 | Full Review…
Salama ... uses playful juxtapositions and time-jumping plotlines to make serious points about compassion, generational friction and family dysfunction.
Stephen Dalton
An admirably personal film that I truly enjoyed, and believed, as an accurate study for a familiar profile Feb 25, 2018 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
An admirably personal film that I truly enjoyed, and believed, as an accurate study for a familiar profile
Mahmoud Mahdy
The arresting visuals at their most peculiar would be my biggest reason to recommend seeing Sheikh Jackson, but it's worth watching because it's a good coming-of-age story with a nuanced depiction of faith and a strong character arc at the centre. Jan 24, 2018 | Full Review…
The arresting visuals at their most peculiar would be my biggest reason to recommend seeing Sheikh Jackson, but it's worth watching because it's a good coming-of-age story with a nuanced depiction of faith and a strong character arc at the centre.
Musanna Ahmed
While it has some offbeat charm, this innocuous but highly uneven Egyptian drama lacks the polished execution to match its heartfelt ambition. Jan 5, 2018 | Full Review…
While it has some offbeat charm, this innocuous but highly uneven Egyptian drama lacks the polished execution to match its heartfelt ambition.
Todd Jorgenson
Quiet drama Sheikh Jackson tells a coming-of-age story and a come-back-to-God story that barely meet in the middle. Jan 5, 2018 | Full Review…
Quiet drama Sheikh Jackson tells a coming-of-age story and a come-back-to-God story that barely meet in the middle.
André Hereford
[Salama is] asking us to wonder when enough is enough and when wholesale submission to God becomes a detriment to the health of your soul. Sep 28, 2017 | Rating: B | Full Review…
[Salama is] asking us to wonder when enough is enough and when wholesale submission to God becomes a detriment to the health of your soul.
Jared Mobarak
... lived-in power comes through in Sheikh Jackson, despite its shortcomings. Sep 27, 2017 | Full Review…
... lived-in power comes through in Sheikh Jackson, despite its shortcomings.
Willow Maclay
[Ahmad] Alfishawy's expressive eyes, the winsome premise and dialogue by writer/director Amr Salama are strong. Sep 19, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
[Ahmad] Alfishawy's expressive eyes, the winsome premise and dialogue by writer/director Amr Salama are strong.
Dwight Brown
What could have been just a quirky tale of a boy's pop star obsession ultimately becomes an amazingly profound tale of self-love above all else. Sep 15, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
What could have been just a quirky tale of a boy's pop star obsession ultimately becomes an amazingly profound tale of self-love above all else.
Shane Slater
While the story's ultimately pretty familiar, the religious angle adds some intriguing complications to the usual tropes. Sep 11, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
While the story's ultimately pretty familiar, the religious angle adds some intriguing complications to the usual tropes.
Norman Wilner
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