70
Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThere is, however, considerable humor to what might have been an exceedingly grim film, and most of it comes courtesy of Mona's slippery brother, Marwan (Ashraf Barhoum).
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirAn extraordinary social comedy.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoTackling serious issues with humor and understanding, the film portrays Mona's woes as a microcosm of the entire mess in the Middle East.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe result is both tragic and darkly comic - in this complex environment, blame and sorrow are locked in a partnership of absurdity.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe film uses the situation to evoke a sense of the absurd, sometimes with dry, deadpan humor.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Syrian Bride manages to entertain even as it both moves and amuses.
- 60VarietyVarietyAmbitious screenplay by helmer Eran Riklis (best known outside Israel for "Cup Final") and former journalist Suha Arraf puts plenty of human flesh on its characters, who span the religious and cultural spectrum of Golan Heights dwellers.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe Syrian Bride has no particular visual style, but it exudes affection, for its characters and their culture as well as the unprepossessing beauty of the scrubby terrain that holds them in thrall. Like all wedding films, it's essentially a comedy, albeit a sad one.
- 50The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonUltimately, The Syrian Bride becomes an overtly political movie, but with all its loose threads and random directions, it feels more like the pilot for an unmade miniseries.
- 40Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallA strangely inert affair. The stories devolve into one-dimensional squabbling and too many loose threads flap around the edges.