The Taqwacores
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  • Summary: Yusef is a first-generation Pakistani-American engineering student who moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. His new “un-orthodox” housemates soon introduce him to Taqwacore – a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the hothe house more and more. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk shows at night. Ultimately, Yusef begins to challenge his own faith and ideologies. A powerful and original story of punk Islam in the USA and the discovery of oneself within the confines of religion.(Strand Releasing)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Oct 21, 2010
    67
    Deepens as it plays out, and rewards viewers who stick with it through the clumsier passages. The film is moving and thought-provoking.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Oct 22, 2010
    60
    The actual Taqwacore movement is distilled in blatantly simplistic fashion, but Zahra does capture the novel's adolescent excitement, in which a new generation rediscovers rebellion all over again.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 21, 2010
    40
    The Taqwacores aims for a provocative, anarchic cool by juxtaposing Islam and punk rock. But the storytelling is so muddled and the filmmaking so unpolished - and not in a good way - that mostly this movie is just unpleasant. It's also not nearly as insightful as it thinks it is.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    Nov 11, 2010
    30
    As a misfit-centric slap at religious conformity, the story's premise couldn't be more primed for trenchant social comedy, but screenwriter Knight and director Eyad Zahra opt for maintaining a thin veneer of tiresome obnoxiousness over exploring the contours of an emotionally complicated subculture.

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