Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Kirpianuscus a large puzzle. the romance as the picture. but each piece has its splendid traits and flavors and sparkles and mysteries. and this does Cairo Time almost an experience.because beauty is present in each scene. the details of Cairo. the chemistry between the lead characters. the impression, who grows up than Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig are the perfect choice for a story who has as basic virtue the delicate and precise exploration of nuances. it is not the classic love story. slow and almost a jewels shop, touching and profound, portrait of a professional relation who becomes more, drop by drop, it has a not ordinary art to be a trip, a kind of sociological documentary, an embroidery of small gestures, silence and looks, a subtle definition of life's authentic taste and run, frustrations, expectations of a workaholic, a film about freedom at the mature age and the change of perception about reality, an inspired homage to a land, with its voices, lights, events and vulnerabilities. it is different and surprising. because it is a delicate subject and the art of director to do a beautiful story to become convincing and touching is real admirable.

skinnybert An example of concept triumphing over delivery. Ruba Nadda has a lot she wants to say, but only raises signposts towards those ideas without really exploring any of them. Best moment: Alec Siddig acknowledging Patricia's superiority in a game of chess ... which, like everything else in this film, goes unresolved.Otherwise: Banal dialog, many loose threads, and an annoyingly empty protagonist make this a 90-minute wait where not much really happens. Banal dialog? 50% of Patricia's dialog consists of "I'm fine", "Yes, "No", OK" etc. "I'm fine" alone is said some dozen times or more. Loose threads? One example, of many: she spends a day with a girlfriend who characterizes all Arabic men as possessive in relationships ... a theme never developed or returned to. Neither is the friend; she simply disappears, as do all characters besides Siddig's.Here's a tip for Americans traveling abroad: when armed soldiers stop your bus, and the person sitting next to you -- who you only just met -- frantically pushes an envelope into your possession, it's probably very dangerous to accept it. Does she? Is it? What will happen? Is this an Alfred Hitchcock film? Well, here's my "spoiler": Absolutely nothing in this film leads to anything. There are no causes, no consequences, no changes nor efforts to do so. No story. Beautifully filmed though. And you do get to see the Pyramids (and even climb them, which is not actually permitted in real life).6/10 for Alec Siddig, locations, photography.

Claudio Carvalho Juliette Grant (Patricia Clarkson) travels from America to Cairo to meet her husband Mark (Tom McCamus), who belongs to the high echelon of UN and is settling refugees in Gaza. On the arrival, Juliette is welcomed by Tareq Khalifa (Alexander Siddig), an Egyptian that had worked with Mark and now is retired. Mark has a problem in Gaza and can not come to Cairo, and the gentle Tareq invites Juliette to sail in the Nile and visit the pyramids. Juliette learns that she can not walk alone on the streets of Cairo since she is offensively harassed by the male locals, and she sightsees the city with Tareq. The proximity with her husband's friend and his attention to her make Juliette too attracted for Tareq. Will they have a love affair? "Cairo Time" is a delicate and sensitive romance about companionship evolving to romance for mature audiences. Immediately after watching this pleasant film, I said to myself: this is certainly a film directed by a woman… and I was right. The sensitiveness of the director and author Ruba Nadda is impressive."Cairo Time" has magnificent cinematography and locations and the underrated Patricia Clarkson is excellent and with a perfect chemistry with Alexander Siddig. The music score is very beautiful and the conclusion of the affair of Juliette and Tareq is stunning. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Meus Dias no Cairo" ("My Days in Cairo")

lasttimeisaw It's another Lost In Translation (2003) story happened in Cairo, without any twist and turn, this essayistic flick patiently stews about 90 minutes, and perturbs our mind by the low- pitched performance by two leads. Set in Cairo, a city I haven't been yet but intrigues me in a fascinating way, I am prone to love the film since the first scene, there are no big conflicts in the film, a married middle-age woman meets a gentle and charming local man in an exotic place, they have feelings towards each other but the most intimate behavior between them is restricted to a courteous kiss. The whole process of how the two people fall for each other is the keystone of the film, the director/writer Ruba Nadda succeeds in maintaining a comfortable tempo for the spectators to enjoy it. I am very impressed by Patricia Clarkson's acting skills, she is one of the most underrated actresses of this era, finally she has got a precious leading role in her long career, it is astonishing to see a forebearing exposition of mental turbulence instead of showyness, her acting is subtle and touching, which is a perfect example of interpreting a charming woman who deserves to be loved and matures enough to control her sensibilities under the threshold of her criterion. She is cracking into my top 10 list of Best Leading Actress of 2009 without a doubt. Her counterpart, the unknown Alexander Siddig, also contributes his personal enchantment to build the romantic atmosphere convincing and even sympathetic. As a chic flick about a renascent love feelings at the middle-age, I am content with the uneventful ending, we are learning from life at whatever age, she broke a promise to exchange an everlasting memory, the woman did know how to make a deal.