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Caramel

Sukkar banat (Caramel)

2007

Nadine Labaki

Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Masri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad ...

6.7

8,580

Drama In Beirut, five women meet up at a beauty salon, a highly colourful and sensual microcosm. Layale loves Rabih, but he is married man. Nisrine is a Muslim and she has a problem with her coming wedding: She’s no longer a virgin. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women. Jamale is refusing to grow old. Rose has sacrificed herself to look after her older sister. At the salon, men, sex and motherhood are the subjects at the heart of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"Low on calories and not especially original but always diverting."	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Ms. Labaki’s evident affection for the battered panache of her native city make 'Caramel' hard to resist."	POS
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"There's something strangely reassuring about the universality of 'Caramel' (...) 'Caramel' boasts a quietly engaging slice-of-life casualness."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"The quartet are excellent company and it's good to see a movie from Lebanon in which people aren't dodging shells every couple of minutes."	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"It feels fresh (...) Warm-hearted and accessible (...) Performances are likeable"	POS
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"The general formula that Labaki employs is rather rote (...) [It has] a touching humanism (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Trevor Johnston Time Out	"Lovingly shaped and deeply felt, a happy-sad charmer which deserves a wide audience (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jenny McCartney Telegraph	"A touching drama (...) The romanticised cinematography does for Beirut what 'Amélie' did for Paris (...) The film has its comic set pieces"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"'Caramel' is warmly shot (by Yves Sehnaoui) and comes with a strong, burbling soundtrack of Arab pop; it slides down easily and occasionally too easily."	POS

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