Reviews

This movie is not bad. It's just that all the events in the story become very predictable after the 1st 10-20 mins of the beginning. n its really hard to feel that excitement of pretending to not know what's gonna happen, if that makes sense :P However, I do not think it is bad because i liked the ending. It is really not a very predictable ending, but kinda shocking, and i'm talking about the very ending. this was the best thing in that movie. wasn't an entirely happy ending, more realistic than the incredibly cliché events in the movie. this movie is worth watching, but not in the cinema, its more of a DVD movie. but its not bad at all.

Omaret Yakobean is my new favorite movie because well everything about it is done perfectly, as in acting, music, storyline, characters... Also, it tackles so many issues and problems in the Egyptian society from corruption, to prostitution to homosexuality to many other things, things that the Egyptian cinema has been too conservative, or "shy" to handle because they are all taboo. But no! this movie tackles all these issues in an upfront and honest, yet classy and sophisticated way. However I have to point out that Mohammad Imam's performance was somewhat shaky, but he overall gave an OK performance for his first movie. On the whole, this movie is a breakthrough for the Egyptian cinema and in my opinion the best movie ever made in the history of the Arab cinema. Hopefully, more movies of that genre will be made in the future because every second of that movie was entertaining in every aspect and i was enjoying it until the very last second, and i even didn't want it to finish.this movie is just BEAUTIFUL!!!