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  • Amreeka
  • Opened September 4, 2009 | Runtime: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 Read More
  • Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat
  • Director: Cherien Dabis
  • Genres: Psychological Drama, Drama

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  • Hiam Abbass as Raghda and Nisreen Faour as Muna in "Amreeka."
  • Nisreen Faour as Muna in "Amreeka."
  • Alia Shawkat as Salma in "Amreeka."
  • Melkar Muallem as Fadi in "Amreeka."
  • Director Cherien Dabis and Melkar Muallem on the set of "Amreeka."
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Amreeka Recent Fan Reviews

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    Amreeka

    by JoanSF

    The acting was marvelous and the film kept me involved with the characters every minute. The subject matter was depicted well in spite of a few anti-Israeli and anti-American digs.

  • So-so

    Amreeka

    by msd1636

    Interesting story, very good actors.

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Amreeka Critic Reviews

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  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Amreeka is strategically inviting and carefully mild even when making unsubtle...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A heartwarming film, not a political dirge. Much of this warmth comes from the...

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    This slice of American life, as seen through the eyes of Palestinian...

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Dabis, a Palestinian-American, has thoroughly re-energized the genre with...

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