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Jihad for Love, A
First Run Features
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Muhsin Hendricks,
A.K. Hoosen,
Mazen,
and
Abdellah Taia
Filmed in twelve countries and nine languages, A Jihad for Love is the world's first feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma enters the many worlds of Islam by illuminating multiple stories as diverse as Islam itself. Filming in secret and as a Muslim, Parvez makes the film from within the faith, depicting Islam with the same respect that the film's characters show for it. (First Run Features)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Parvez Sharma
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Parvez Sharma
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 21, 2009
Theatrical: May 21, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
81 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Entertainment Weekly
Chris Nashawaty
Noble in intention but crude in execution.

75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Noel Murray
Even though the message that people should have the right to love whomever they want is hardy groundbreaking, Parvez captures some interesting conversations about what it means to be gay and Muslim.

75
Boston Globe
Michael Hardy
Director Parvez Sharma, a gay Muslim himself, takes pains to show the wide range of Islam's attitudes toward homosexuality.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
David Wiegand
Often fascinating and provocative, although, as a film, it feels a bit long and somewhat repetitive.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A courageous documentary on the plight of gays in the Muslim world.

60
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
We never learn why most of his subjects remain loyal to a faith that so explicitly rejects them.

60
The New York Times
Nathan Lee
Mr. Sharma's film emphasizes testimony over context to such a degree that it feels at first of little use to anyone except gay Muslims who might take comfort in knowing they're not alone. But the documentary gains depth of feeling as it goes and even develops something of a nail-biting narrative.

60
Film Threat
Phil Hall
Rich with compelling, often heartbreaking stories.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Ray Bennett
Much of what is shown onscreen is atmospheric filler, while the various characters describe being made outcasts because of their sexuality while holding on to their commitment to their faith.

50
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Predicament makes the picture kin to 2001's "Trembling Before G-d," about gay Orthodox Jews. Both docs share the same fascination and limitation.

50
Village Voice
Jim Ridley
Muslims, Jews, and Christians may have their, oh, occasional differences, but as an Islamic scholar observes early in Parvez Sharma's documentary, there is one point on which the world's divine religions agree: Homosexuality is a crime.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Kamal AL-Solaylee
Conclusions and answers are perhaps luxuries that Sharma's film can't afford.

50
Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
The director raises the question that haunts the whole film: Who should feel shame: gay Muslims or the Muslims who oppress them?

40
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Technically, Jihad's images and assemblage seem on par for a first-time filmmaker, though the film's message is a moving plaint.


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