Amreeka

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  • Opened September 4, 2009 
  • 1 hr 36 min
  • PG-13 | brief drug use involving teens, and some language

  • Muna (Nisreen Faour), a divorced Palestinian woman, leaves the West Bank with Fadi (Melkar Muallem), her teenaged sun, to the city of Illinois. Both mother and son hope to start a new life in America but go through a difficult transition. Fadi must adapt to the hallways and classrooms of his new high school. And Muna must keep up with the pace cooking hamburgers at a local White Castle. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat
  • Director: Cherien Dabis
  • Genres: Psychological Drama, Drama

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Amreeka is strategically inviting and carefully mild even when making unsubtle points about Palestinian suffering and American insensitivity. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Calvin Wilson

It's one of the funniest and most perceptive films of the year. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

A heartwarming film, not a political dirge. Much of this warmth comes from the actress Nisreen Faour. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

This slice of American life, as seen through the eyes of Palestinian immigrants, is nuanced, engaging and authentically observed. Read full review

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Hiam Abbass as Raghda and Nisreen Faour as Muna in "Amreeka."