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  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Set in a remote village where the church and the mosque stand side by side, Where Do We Go Now? follows the antics of the town's women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. Women heartsick over sons, husbands and fathers lost to previous flare-ups unite to distract their men with clever ruses, from faking a miracle to...

Directed By: Nadine Labaki

Written By: Jihad Hojeily, Rodney El Haddad, Thomas Bidegain, Nadine Labaki

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m

Where Do We Go Now?

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Set in a remote village where the church and the mosque stand side by side, Where Do We Go Now? follows the antics of the town's women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. Women heartsick over sons, husbands and fathers lost to previous flare-ups unite to distract their men with clever ruses, from faking a miracle to...

Directed By: Nadine Labaki

Written By: Jihad Hojeily, Rodney El Haddad, Thomas Bidegain, Nadine Labaki

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
60
52% Positive
13 Reviews
48% Mixed
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
60
52% Positive
13 Reviews
48% Mixed
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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91
May 9, 2012
What the film lacks in specificity and interest in taking sides, it makes up for in style, authentic emotion, and terrific performances.
By Tasha Robinson FULL REVIEW
75
May 25, 2012
So the interrogative title is left to hover over the ending, as it does over all those tension-filled places near and far. Speaking as a foolish man, I had high hopes for these wise women – given the historic alternative, I still do.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
70
May 10, 2012
Could women stop war through the sedation of sex and drugs and a plot to bury every weapon in their community? Labaki has said she knows Where Do We Go Now? is a fantasy. But it's a good one, and this lovely film seems pertinent far beyond the landscape of the Middle East.
By Mary Pols FULL REVIEW
63
May 11, 2012
It's a hodgepodge of subplots and wildly disparate tones that even Federico Fellini (to whose "Amarcord" Labaki also owes a debt) might have had trouble controlling.
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58
May 9, 2012
The movie gets mired in these deceptive mechanics. It shows no curiosity about the hatred, so the characters seem less than whole.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
May 10, 2012
The film aims to be a gentle comedy (there are even some songs approaching musical numbers) with serious undercurrents. It stumbles most when reaching for its bigger themes.
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40
May 8, 2012
By the time the film takes a glib turn into role-switching farce - as Muslims become Christians and Christians become Muslims - the overall toothlessness of the satire becomes damningly apparent.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
7.5
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25% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Les Films des Tournelles, Pathé, Les Films de Beyrouth, United Artistic Group, Chaocorp, France 2 Cinéma, Prima TV, Doha Film Institute, Canal+, CinéCinéma, France Télévisions, Fonds Francophone de Production Audiovisuelle du Sud, Ministère Libanais de la Culture, Ginger Beirut Productions
Release Date May 11, 2012
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline In a remote Lebanese Village women band together and cleverly scheme to prevent their men from killing each other.
Website https://www.sonyclassics.com/wheredowegonow/main.html
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Stockholm Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Oslo Films from the South Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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