The Infidel
Tribeca Films | Release Date: May 5, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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70
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
The director, Josh Appignanesi, has a nice sense of comic timing, slipping in some of the best jokes when you least expect them. Read full review
60
EmpireLiz Beardsworth
Funny and unthreatening, it's not subversive but it's plenty of fun. Read full review
60
VarietyJohn Anderson
The Infidel takes some all-too-predictable detours into moralizing and sentimentality, but remains consistently sharp as long as it sticks to its acerbic tone and saucy comic sensibility. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
An admirably cagey effort to mine humor from the thorny cultural and racial divide that is Muslim-Jewish relations. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
At least The Infidel is an equal-opportunity blasphemer, and God bless it for that. Otherwise, this thing plays like a cheeky Brit-com blown up to feature length, with a thin coat rack of plot to hang the ethnic humour on, and a wish to offend without being offensive. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
A would-be provocative satire that too often settles for sitcom-grade silliness, The Infidel represents an opportunity wasted. Read full review
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