- Studio: Sundance Film Series
- Release Date: Sep 19, 2003
- Starring: Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Jamal Udin Torabi
- Summary: This film follows the hazardous journey of two Afghan boys as they travel from Pakistan through Iran, Turkey, Italy, France and the UK in search of refuge in London. (Sundance Film Series)
- Director: Michael Winterbottom
- Genre(s): Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 25
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Mixed: 3 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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100This is an amazing movie, released at a frightening time and made under remarkable circumstances.
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80The movie's staccato pacing, lent emphasis by Dario Marianelli's haunting score, evokes the cycles of tedium and terror that make the journey so unnerving.
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80The film has a riveting central narrative, the performances are compelling and, most of all, we need to hear more immigration stories like this.
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60Makes engrossing viewing for much of the way...but stumbles dramatically in its final leg.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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