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  • Cairo Time
  • Opened August 6, 2010 (Limited) | Runtime:1 hr. 26 min.
  • PG
    mild thematic elements and smoking
  • Juliette, a fashion magazine editor in her 50s, travels to Cairo to meet her husband, Mark, a UN official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation. When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his friend Tareq, who had been his security officer for Read More
  • Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi, Tom McCamus
  • Director: Ruba Nadda
  • Genres: Drama

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Cairo Time Recent Fan Reviews

  • Oh No!

    Clarkson is not the problem.

    Patricia Clarkson delivers, but the script and story just don't. What a challenge this one is! The script, costumes, makeup, are all botched badly in this film. The editing could have been handled much better. There isn't enough interaction for Clarkson to find and make her groove work, and their certainly isn't enough feeling from Alexander Siddig to make this work. Nadda needs to start over and a better script would be a good place to start. The scenes are the best part and that just isn't enough. Don't bother is a phrase I hate to use where Clarkson is involved. She always delivers a great job, but this doesn't give her much of a chance. See all of her other films. She really is quite a wonderful actor.

  • Go

    Marred by slander

    by nava123

    WARNING: This movie contains a little bit of anti-Israel propaganda.

    At one point, Patricia Clarkson's character decides to take a bus to visit
    her husband in Gaza. At the border between Egypt and Gaza, the bus
    is unceremoniously stopped by Israeli soldiers who treat the passengers
    very rudely.

    This is total nonsense, of course. The border between Egypt and Gaza
    is patrolled by Egyptian soldiers. This little bit of gratuitous slander is
    the filmmakers' modest attempt to contribute to the general effort to
    demonize Israel.

    It's unfortunate, because it detracts what is otherwise a charming movie.

  • Oh No!

    wake me up when it's over

    by

    This is one boring film. No substance whatsover. Could hardly keep my eyes open.

Cairo Time Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    As in David Lean's "Brief Encounter," the suspense in Cairo Time comes from...

  • 80
    New York Magazine | David Edelstein

    Think "In the Mood for Love" with hookahs instead of chopsticks.

  • 80
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    Ms. Clarkson's performance as Juliette, the fashion-writer wife of a United...

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    It's a haunting and hypnotic film.

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