Metacritic Film

Fallen Angels Paradise

Starring Mahmoud Hemida, Lebleba, Caroline Khalil, Safwa, Amr Waked, Serri Al Nagar, Salah Fahmi, and Saeed Al Saleh

MPAA RATING: Not rated

ArtMattan Productions
Comedy
90 minutes | Color
Egypt
Released In Theaters February 2, 2001

After the death of a drug dealer, his accomplices try to profit from his demise. When his family gets involved, we learn of his early and respectable life.

WRITTEN BY
Moustafa Zekri
Jorge Amado (novel Gannat al shayateen)

DIRECTED BY
Ossama Fawzi

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

35 / 100

Critic Reviews

50 The New York Times
Exudes a randy, robust charm as it unapologetically thumbs its nose at respectability and everything the word implies.
50 Christian Science Monitor
It's rare for an Egyptian movie to look so closely and unflinchingly at class conflict and other forms of social disarray, but lively acting keeps the story engaging even when it wanders and meanders.
38 New York Post
The screenplay by Zekri (based on Jorge Amado novel) is crude stuff, and director Ossama Fawzi gets such cartoonish performances from his cast, it's hard to care about the characters.
30 TV Guide
A coarse and unappealing black comedy.
30 Village Voice
Fawzi shoots the proceedings in clumsy, gotch-eyed spurts, and the level of incoherence is impressively high.

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