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70 out of 100

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

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Starring: Gisèle Aouad, Joanna Moukarzel, Nadine Labaki
  • Summary: In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colorful and sensual microcosm of the city where several generations come into contact, talk and confide in each other. In the salon, their intimate and liberated conversations revolve around men, sex and motherhood, between haircuts and sugar waxing with caramel. (Roadside Attractions)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    A brisk dramatic comedy that combines melodrama, humor and social critique in equal measure.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Jeff Beresford-Howe
    80
    Caramel will likely be the Lebanese selection for Academy Award for "Best Foreign Film;" it's inconceivable to me that it won't win, but it'll still be an injustice if it does. Caramel deserves to be in the categories with the big boys, so to speak, and whoever wins for Best Actress will be the second most deserving actress of 2007.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    50
    The film itself, while charming and gently funny, is entirely unexceptional.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. JoseS.
    10
    Very good film. Keep the good work Nadine.
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  2. PeterK.
    10
    A charming and lovely Lebanese film with superb music and exceptional characterizations - at once both universal and yet distinctively Lebanese: it pursues a group of women seeking beauty and love in a society which may or may not permit that search. I adore this film and highly recommend it.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. HumprtP
    4
    Too many clichés. Too excited. But beautifuly filmed, nice warm atmosphere.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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