SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

jhanks-45230 I liked this movie a lot. The plot had lots of interesting twists and turns and kept me guessing. The pacing was good and I wasn't bored at any point. However, I thought the ending was a little too happy to be credible, especially the part about Sheriff's death sentence being commuted (granted I don't know anything about Egyptian law, so I don't really know what "believable" means in this context). Also, LOL at DMT in pill form (and the trip sequence didn't seem very DMT-like). But these are minor quibbles, I heartily recommend this to anyone who likes a good story.

oazab first of all , there has been rumors that the movie has been copied from the tattooist , yes but not all of it ... this the best Egyptian film in the last decade ....but there are many flaws ...the visuals has also flaws ....this is the best performance ever done by Kareem abdelaziz ...Khaled elsawy was ordinary as well as Nelly Kareem ...the first act was slowly paced and wasn't even necessary , the second act was somehow good ..the third act is unbelievable and stunning ....the story has some of the Egyptian melodrama in the first act .. the movie is not complex as people may assume ..even the third act wasn't that much complex ...this movie needs support but also need criticism in order to reach for more improvement ...the movie is not in the Oscar level so it didn't deserve an Oscar nomination for best foreign film ...by the end we need to celebrate this film for its amazing story telling , visual effects , cinematography and directing which we have not seen in decades.

Mohamed Refat Elgazar This movie maybe one of a kind in Egyptian theater, this movie contains so many goofs in directing (which i praise it because of Marawan Hamed's beautiful mind) and also goofs in the screenplay not like the novel's screenplay as you feel like they want to do a quick and short screenplay to release the movie in theaters and gain quick money too many things in the movie you won't understand it and if you ask anybody he'll tell you to read the movie and i'm like "if i am watching the movie why in the hell i need to read the damn novel". The soundtrack is the most likely thing in the movie, Hesham Nazih proved that he is a masterpiece in soundtrack, don't know but maybe he is an Egyptian version of Hans Zimmer. And last but not least the acting, Karim was decent in this movie Nelly wasn't that good after all and Khaled El-Sawy was awesome in this movie and i think EL-Sawy is the best actor in Egypt. One last thing not every movie that contains a twist ending is a good movie.

dana enani The novel was really entertaining and mysterious. The dark gloomy sense you get from reading the novel was quite different than watching the movie. I honestly felt more involved when i was reading the novel. The movie was overrated. Karim abd el aziz wasn't the right person to play this role. As well as nelly karim. Karim abd el aziz isn't as deep, mysterious as yehia. The novel portrayed yehya in a better picture. Movie characters are the most important elements in the movie itself. It's just how you wouldn't enjoy a delicious dish made with the wrong ingredients. It was quite difficult for me to enjoy the movie. Nelly karim on the other hand is very spiritless. Lobna is a girl who is madly in love with Yehya, this role requires a woman who is sympathetic and emotional. I didn't get that from Nelly's act. Khaled el sawy wasn't as good either. I could tell he was "Acting possessed". The actors were chosen because of their popularity not because they were the best ones to act the roles out. And this is a very common problem we have in Egypt. I expected better.