TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

lmahayni As an Arab-American who spent her childhood in the shadow of the Isreali occupied Golan Heights, I found many memories from my childhood coming back. How ridiculous the most simple task can become when politics enters the picture! Anyone who wants personal insight into the Isreali-Arab conflict, should watch this. It's about as realistic as it can get. This seemingly simple tale is fraught with all the obvious and subtle problems of a family and a community living under the restrictions of international politics. Whenever it starts to seem trite, it will surprise you with some detail or twist that reveals a depth that is never allowed to show on the surface. The plot is simple: a bride gets ready for her wedding... Not so simple, apparently.Is the policeman a heartless occupying force? Is the father an iceberg? Is a border officer capable of setting policy for his entire Nation? Can the hopes of one woman survive this emotional day? You'll explore these questions while you become attached to the characters engaged in this drama. The acting is seamless, the scripting spare, and the production value is appropriate to the story being told.The bottom line is that you should see this movie. If you watch it on DVD, be sure to watch the extras. The film was shot in Arabic and Hebrew (with a smattering of French and English), with English subtitles. Sometimes the subtitles flash by too quickly; but that's my only "major" complaint.

canadamelody I want people to know the following:The link to the Amazon.ca DVD brings you to the US issue DVD being sold on Amazon Canada regardless of the fact that the best quality presentation of this movie is the Canadian issue. Go to the main home page of Amazon Canada then enter THE SYRIAN BRIDE it will take you to two issues. The DVD with the YELLOW cover is the better Canadian issue the one with the BLUE cover is the American one. This movie is so wonderful everyone should own it. Get the Canadian DVD it is beautiful and if you replace the black DVD box with a super clear DVD box you can take advantage of its lovely double-sided bilingual cover. H S Marks Manchester UK.

survivin I love foreign films as a expert in films and relationships i recommend you see the move. I need to keep my mouth shut about the plot but this movie contained romance and made me cry and its a great movie to take your lover to-you will surely have a great time with great love afterwards i think you should see this but do not sit behind any crabby old women who keep looking at me when i coughed.I liked that this movie was made in Israel and Syria and brought together everyone in the middle east to see how stupid people who eat pita and hummus can be too each other. love you from Arizona.Alan from surviving breakup . com

shaiblitz2 The story line touches many open sores afflicting the Israeli society, prejudice towards ethnic minorities, unwillingness of factions in that society to try and understand and accept one another, police bigotry and sheer racism. As an Israeli living abroad I could relate to all of the above. However, you don't have to be from that region to appreciate this moving and powerful Drama. The film basically deals with the horrific struggle of a family, from a marginalised sector of Israeli society, to get their daughter married to a man over the Syrian boarder however, by doing that they will never be able to see her again. A very very emotional and humane film.