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  • 2006
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  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 41 m
Beyond Honor

Summary A strikingly bold portrait of oppression and high tension in suburban America. It is the story of Sahira Abdel-Karim (Osuna), a young Egyptian-American woman in a California wedged between two distinct worlds, haunted by memory and bount by tradition. Beyond Honor is an emotionally resonant meditation on gender roles and the dynamics of ...

Directed By: Varun Khanna

Written By: Varun Khanna

  • 2006
  • R
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 41 m

Beyond Honor

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary A strikingly bold portrait of oppression and high tension in suburban America. It is the story of Sahira Abdel-Karim (Osuna), a young Egyptian-American woman in a California wedged between two distinct worlds, haunted by memory and bount by tradition. Beyond Honor is an emotionally resonant meditation on gender roles and the dynamics of ...

Directed By: Varun Khanna

Written By: Varun Khanna

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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13% Mixed
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63% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
32
25% Positive
2 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
63% Negative
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Raised in Mumbai, classically trained actor-turned-writer-director Khanna addresses the volatile issue of women's rights within Islamic households, and if his sensationalistic debut feature makes its point with a heavy hand, it's also starkly effective.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
70
Though it can't hide occasionally crude dramatics, pic is an undeniably bold and daring tragedy.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
50
This mélange of softcore porn, overheated melodrama, and harrumphing moralizing transcends taste--its lurid insanity goes beyond good and bad, right and wrong.
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25
Melodramatic and heavy-handed.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
20
Terrible movies about trivial subjects are commonplace and inconsequential, but a terrible movie that grapples with potentially inflammatory subject matter is far worse, because its aspirations are higher - which makes the failure of Varun Khanna's moralistic drama all the more spectacular.
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10
As the movie turns into a shrill revenge tragedy, complexity is discarded. The characters might as well be stapled to Popsicle sticks.
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Featuring one-note characterizations, laughable dialogue, an overwrought musical score and technically poor filmmaking values, the film ultimately is utterly reprehensible.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Mar 17, 2006
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating R
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