The Infidel
A Comedy Of Ethnic Proportions
A Comedy Of Ethnic Proportions
Comedy, Drama
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2010
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Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
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Details
Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
18 Feb 2010
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Tthis thing plays like a cheeky Brit-com blown up to feature length, with a thin coat rack of plot to hang the ethnic humour on, and a wish to offend without being offensive.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
20 Aug 2010
rotten:
An admirably cagey effort to mine humor from the thorny cultural and racial divide that is Muslim-Jewish relations.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jun 2010
fresh:
An amusing little film from Britain.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
7 May 2010