Dorathen Better Late Then Never

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

mjwinter As a documentary of the life of an Algerian family in the south of France, it was an interesting study of the lack of assimilation into French society. It was also revelatory as to the hierarchy of roles - a wife is nothing but a mother is everything. One wonders if the boys would have developed along the same lines.Almost every character seemed to be real, if a little exaggerated. The mother-in-law was superb.After thinking about the ending, I'm offering the suggestion that the "happy ending" was really a collection of her thoughts as she bled to death, having cut herself on the glass. The same sort of thing happens at the end of the film: Le Cercle Rouge, a classic, made in 1970.

kosmofay8 The best movie I have ever seen in my ENTIRE life - and I watch A LOT of movies. The finesse with which the main character is built is just beautiful - she just shines. The movie is not stereotypical at all. The film also doesn't fall into the trap of making the ending happy and conclusive - at the end you're just left with a smile on your face and feeling like Zouina (the main character) is actually somewhere out there living her life. The supporting actors are perfect, from the bus driver to the neighbors to the grocery store clerk. The pace of the movie is that of a lullaby - a still, sad, lullaby. This movie deserves all the praise in the world - I don't think there is any movie out there, even the big Hollywood productions, that could top this film.

ozoz2000 SF International FF had a showing of this movie last night. I laughed, I cried, I cringed, I loved. It was a good mix of emotions dealing with women's place in society. Definitely worth seeing.Good acting overall... The bride and the mother-in-law were both great! I especially liked the scene where mother-in-law suddenly remembers back home and starts crying - showing her unexpected soft side.The ending left me puzzled. I could have handled it better if the credits started rolling after the main character broke the window with her bare fist. It seemed like the director wanted a more pleasant ending but -somehow- did not want to shoot a 30 minutes wrap up for the story so just gave us a sudden turn of events, characters!The music was noteworthy, especially the one played while the final credits were rolling!Nice cinematography. Colors were very pretty...

epetrov This one should be a real crowd pleaser. It's a women's film that evokes both laughter and tears. It's got a sympathetic Muslim protagonist, Zoina, who evolves into a feminist icon. The musical sound track is emotional dynamite, even though the lyrics are largely untranslated and may, one suspects, contain information that would illuminate the narrative. There are lots of fascinating cross-cultural devices. All this and a happy ending too. The only problem with Inch Allah Dimanche is that it's artistically spurious. The most glaring deficiency is character development. There is no explanation, for example, as to how this Algerian woman came to be such a cultural anomaly. We can see her growing anger and rebellion under the rain of abuse from her mother-in-law and husband, but where is the wellspring of prior experience? And, even more troublesome, how do we explain the sudden transformation of her heretofore stereotypical Arab husband in the final scene? Audiences, however, are likely love this film in spite of its obvious flaws.