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67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

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6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Summary: A romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    As in David Lean's "Brief Encounter," the suspense in Cairo Time comes from what doesn't happen between its pair of "lovers."
  2. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    Like so many movie love stories before it - from Murnau's "Sunrise" to Linklater's "Before Sunrise," and beyond - Cairo Time is about two wandering lovers, people spending time together without realizing how precious that time will come to be.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    60
    Writer-director Ruba Nadda's film is ultimately like a summertime flirtation that never quite comes to anything.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. CorneliaL
    9
    Really beautiful, lush, intoxicating film. Seductive and inviting. I loved it and recommend it to anyone who is a fan of beautiful, artful filmmaking. http://poppingpictures.blogspot.com/2010/09/timing-is-everything.html… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JohnR.
    9
    Good fil. Lingers in the mind.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Nazgulero
    2
    The movie is quite nice to watch, except for, and am I the only one to notice, I wonder, the main female character. She is nauseatingly ugly, and her looks make it hard to believe that any sort of chemistry could possibly exist between her and...a man. Why spend all that money on making a movie, and then cast someone with the looks of a witch from the woods ? I don't get it...… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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