The Taqwacores
Strand Releasing | Release Date: October 22, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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67
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayOct 21, 2010
Deepens as it plays out, and rewards viewers who stick with it through the clumsier passages. The film is moving and thought-provoking. Read full review
65
NPRMark JenkinsOct 22, 2010
Ideally, The Taqwacores should be seen with "Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam," a new documentary that provides a better sense of the scene's aims and motivations. Zahra's jumpy feature film captures much of taqwacore's energy, but less of its meaning. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 22, 2010
The actual Taqwacore movement is distilled in blatantly simplistic fashion, but Zahra does capture the novel's adolescent excitement, in which a new generation rediscovers rebellion all over again. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 21, 2010
The Taqwacores aims for a provocative, anarchic cool by juxtaposing Islam and punk rock. But the storytelling is so muddled and the filmmaking so unpolished - and not in a good way - that mostly this movie is just unpleasant. It's also not nearly as insightful as it thinks it is. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearOct 21, 2010
Whether anyone over the age of 16 will find the film's proud amateurism and choir-preaching personally enlightening, much less profound, is anyone's guess. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 11, 2010
As a misfit-centric slap at religious conformity, the story's premise couldn't be more primed for trenchant social comedy, but screenwriter Knight and director Eyad Zahra opt for maintaining a thin veneer of tiresome obnoxiousness over exploring the contours of an emotionally complicated subculture. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 26, 2010
Extremely crude in its technical elements, the low-budget film does reveal stylistic ambitions through devices like frequently reverting from color to black-and-white film stock. But the shaky narrative style and broad characterizations undo its effectiveness. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. MusettoOct 22, 2010
There's certainly a good movie to be made about Muslim punk musicians in the US, but this isn't it. Read full review
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