Alam
Film Movement | Release Date: April 26, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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80
VarietyAlissa SimonApr 23, 2024
This intelligent, sensitive treatment of the rarely seen, everyday lives of young Palestinian citizens of Israel marks tyro feature writer-director Firas Khoury as a talent to watch. Read full review
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Film ThreatJason DelgadoApr 23, 2024
The media and society, in general, love to label groups of people as “the others.” But throughout the world, we have more in common than we realize. It takes films like Alam to see that we’re all in this together. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 23, 2024
Khoury’s light touch with a serious-minded script keeps the stakes low but intensely personal in what is essentially a story of a kid who risks his scholastic career, his good relations with his family and his “future” to impress a girl. Read full review
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Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganApr 23, 2024
To a certain extent, Alam, which marks Khoury’s feature debut after a well-regarded career in shorts (in particular, Maradona’s Legs) follows some clear conventions, but there’s enough that is still raw and urgent at the film’s soul to make it stand out. Read full review
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