Yomeddine
Strand Releasing | Release Date: May 31, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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85
Film ThreatHanna BJun 19, 2019
As a cinematic experience, Yomeddine is near flawless, with a skillful direction, an engaging story, a fitting score and a captivating visual, but it particularly has to be praised for its actors. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubRoxana HadadiMay 29, 2019
There’s a lovely chemistry between Gamal, who Shawky met at Egypt’s Abu Zaabal Leper Colony, and Abdelhafiz. Both first-time actors, they capture the dynamic of two people pushed away from society who genuinely grow to feel love for each other. Read full review
80
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 18, 2018
A simple story told with abundant gentleness, Yomeddine looks at a group of outcasts with such compassion and generosity that it has the good manners not to artificially inflate their tale with phony uplift. Read full review
80
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 18, 2018
Yomeddine is an accomplished appeal for empathy and an entertaining journey of discovery. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnMay 18, 2018
The best thing about writer-director A.B. Shawky’s feature-length debu...is the way it burrows inside Beshay’s life without devolving into a pity party. Read full review
75
TheWrapSteve PondMay 18, 2018
Rady Gamal, who plays Beshay, gives an affecting performance of playful charm with an undercurrent of deep sadness. He and Ahmed Abdelhafiz as Obama are a pair to root for, and Shawky gives them plenty of perils but also abundant moments of grace. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMay 30, 2019
As Gamal, himself raised in a leper colony, knowingly navigates the uncomfortable glares he encounters along the way, Yomeddine (Arabic for “judgment day”) takes an affecting path toward belonging and acceptance. Read full review
70
VarietyJay WeissbergMay 18, 2018
Anchored by lead Rady Gamal’s warm-hearted charisma, the film is a sweet, solid first feature marbled with genuinely touching moments that make up for times when the siren call of sentimentality becomes a little too loud. Read full review
60
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeMay 30, 2019
Yomeddine makes its strongest impression through the direction and performances; at times, the story is rather flimsy. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijMay 18, 2018
This is a picaresque road movie about two mismatched characters, with rookie director A.B. Shawky offering a motley and not entirely smooth cocktail of drama and melodrama, a dash of social critique and insight, some chuckles and a few tugs at the heartstrings, mainly by virtue of its near-virtuoso score. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd May 18, 2018
The film still feels more like a game of cards with a stacked deck than a story that demanded to be told. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 18, 2018
It is a rather slight dramatic experience. Read full review
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