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Not Without my Daughter

5.8

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Original title

Not Without my Daughter

Year

1990

Running time

115 min.

Country

United States

Director

Brian Gilbert

Screenwriter

David W. Rintels. Autobiography: Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer

Cast

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography

Peter Hannan

Producer

Pathé Entertainment, Ufland. Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama | Based on a true story. 1980s

Synopsis

In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves and Americans are despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child.

Awards: 1991: Nominated for Razzie Awards: Worst Actress (Sally Field)

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Critics' reviews

"A perplexing and frustrating film, which works with great skill to involve our emotions, while at the same time making moral and racial assertions that are deeply troubling (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"It's a seriously intended movie that goes grossly comic when it means to be most solemn"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Not Without My Daughter ultimately does what it's supposed to do. It makes us care, it keeps us interested (mostly), but it rarely delivers more"

Miami Herald
"A remarkably compelling, timely biographical melodrama"

Gary Arnold: The Washington Post
"While not wishing to be facetious about women and children held against their will in any country, this tearjerker is strictly TV movie for a wet Wednesday stuff (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Angie Errigo: Empire
"Appropriately enough, the film is strictly deglamorised; combined with the lack of sympathetic characters, it all adds up to difficult, compelling viewing"

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Not Without my Daughter

1990

Brian Gilbert

5.8

(4,377)