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The Black Tulip
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- Summary: The Dakka Family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
- Director: Sonia Nassery Cole
- Genre(s): Drama, Family
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Positive: 1 out of 8
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Mixed: 5 out of 8
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Negative: 2 out of 8
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75The film is a deeply heartfelt experience that addresses the struggles of everyday people in a strange land most of us know nothing about. You will not go away unmoved. See it, and learn something.
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50Emphasizing local color but often unconvincing in its depiction of social customs.
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Oct 25, 201250The voices in Black Tulip declaim themes of renewed hope and freedom, while the plot's grand gestures too often fall flat.
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38The plot, however, comes with twists you can spot as far off as a Himalayan peak. The dialogue is heavily expository, and the actors are not up to the task of breathing life into characters meant to symbolize the Spirit of the Afghan People or the Nature of Evil.