Fresh
Lively, swift, vibrantly colorful and for the most part wonderfully acted, the film is slyly aware of the daytime talk show as a vehicle for women's concerns.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Overview
A female talk show host in Cairo stirs up political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.
Director and cast
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89%
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Rotten
Nasrallah's artistry is ultimately incapable of matching his narrative's social significance.
Nick Schager, Village Voice
Fresh
"Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story" is a powerful indictment of misogyny that overturns stereotypes about Egypt through the dramatic stories women recount on a television show.
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Together with scribe Waheed Hamed, helmer Yousry Nasrallah presents women's sexuality as an expression of self-determination, making clear the parallels with an ever-degenerating political system.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Fresh
An urgent political statement that's also a funny, sexy entertainment.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
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