Wadjda Movie Review

                             Wadjda Movie Review

                                         Stars: ⭐⭐⭐

                                                          Release Date: August 30, 2012  

                                                           Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour

                                      Actors: Reem Abdullah, Ahd Kamel, Waad Mohammed


                                         Plot

     The protagonist Ten-year-old Wadjda is a girl. She resides in Saudi Arabia's capital. She is Muslim, and as such is obliged to uphold the regional cultural values. She is a very inquisitive young girl who appears to be attempting to rebel against the repressive laws in her nation. Wadjda hopes to acquire a bicycle so she may outperform her companion Abdullah. In her nation, women aren't meant to compete with men, therefore this is considered as being rebellious. She enters a contest in an effort to win $1,000 in order to pay for the bike because she needs the money. She spends her time studying the Quran in preparation for the tournament. She succeeds but does not get paid. Her mother is the one in the end who ends up getting her the bike. 

                                       


                                                                            Review

      I awarded Wadjda three stars since I thought it was a very gloomy movie. I do believe the movie opened my eyes to the issues women in Saudi Arabia experience, which is why I'm still giving it three stars. The men in the film were essentially given free rein to do anything they pleased and received far better treatment than the women. This was really eye-opening, but it was also depressing to watch. The movie's acting is mediocre and might be better. I also thought the music was incredibly uninteresting. I believe the film did a great job of highlighting how unfairly women are treated. I think with more lively music and some glimpse of hope for the main character, this movie could've been 5 stars. 



                                           Other Reviews

        

       I read a review by a top critic named Jack Wilson. He gave the film 3/5 stars on Rotten Tomato. "Still, the overall pro-freedom message comes through loud and clear. Rhetorically speaking, the trick of using childish innocence to reveal adult hypocrisy is virtually foolproof: even dyed-in-the-wool reactionaries would surely struggle to resist Mohammad's cheeky grin." I liked how he pointed this out. Child innocence is used so often in films to reveal adult hypocrisy and it's a great method.  Overall, I liked how he worded his review, and he was critical of the film but not too critical.





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