The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie Actor
Kate Hudson,Kiefer Sutherland,Nelsan Ellis,Liev Schreiber,Martin Donovan,Haluk Bilginer,Imaad Shah,Meesha Shafi,Om Puri,Riz Ahmed,Shabana AzmiRating & Critics From Visitor For The Reluctant Fundamentalist User Rating The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie : 3.7
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All Critical Rating For The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie : 6.1
All Critical Count For The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie : 90
All Critical Percentage For The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie : 54 %
Genres The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie : Mystery & Suspense
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie Review
It's a timely narrative subject, but its treatment in The Reluctant Fundamentalist is fundamentally flawed.Robert Everett-Green-Globe and Mail
Nair has found a real gem in Riz Ahmed, who anchors the film with a charismatically watchable performance. He's in virtually every frame and you hang on his every word.
Bruce Demara-Toronto Star
Ambiguity is at the heart of the novel, but Nair is never quite sure what to do with it.
Ty Burr-Boston Globe
As a culture-clash story the film works well enough, but as a character study it's a bit of a scramble.
Tom Long-Detroit News
It most disappoints as a thriller, the flashbacks and voiceovers and romantic entanglements so dominating the proceedings you forget that someone is bound and gagged in real time.
Barbara VanDenburgh-Arizona Republic
There's much to enjoy in 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist': fine photography, juicy supporting turns from Kiefer Sutherland and Om Puri, and a powerfully sustained sense of a man adrift in a world going mad.
Tom Huddleston-Time Out
The film seems to dance around the idea of being really critical of America-of analogizing American "exceptionalism" with Islamic fundamentalism-and instead resolves itself with an ending more befitting of a beauty pageant contestant's speech.
Meredith Slifkin-Film Comment Magazine
The film's international intrigue is unlikely to resonate too closely with today's headlines because of a conventional approach that alternates between a mechanical thriller and a shallow if provocative character study.
Todd Jorgenson-Cinemalogue.com
The very fact that Nair -- who is very at home on the subject of culture clashes -- tackled a thriller is noteworthy, as is the fact that she doesn't blow it.
Ken Hanke-Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
A notable cast - and noble intentions - can't elevate what is a very ordinary film.
Simon Miraudo-Quickflix
The film from writer William Wheeler and director Mira Nair ("Monsoon Wedding') is smart and complex, as unwilling to cling to one ideology as its protagonist.
Rob Thomas-Capital Times (Madison, WI)
A confronting and compelling look at post-9/11 racism in America.
Tom Glasson-Concrete Playground
Novelistic film wants to spark discussion about race and fear
Marty Mapes-Movie Habit
Flashes of a great novel don't overcome missteps
Robert Denerstein-Movie Habit
Director Mira Nair is eager to explore the long-range effects of post-9/11 paranoia, but can't quite get the film's thriller element to click.
Jim Schembri-3AW
This film version morphs its uncertainties into big screen clichés.
Frances Morton-Flicks.co.nz
As Nair's film forgoes provocation for pandering, it assumes a tragic air, albeit not for the reasons she intended.
Curtis Woloschuk-Willamette Week
It highlights the up-and-down nature of the film - some parts are compelling while other parts are unconvincing.
Matthew Toomey-ABC Radio Brisbane
William Wheeler has forged a richly complex, achingly satisfying screenplay from Mohsin Hamid's hugely popular, Booker Prize shortlisted novel and Mira Nair has turned it into a significant and powerful film with something to say
Andrew L. Urban-Urban Cinefile
Riz Ahmed delivers a towering performance as Changez, the son of a Pakistani poet who achieves the American Dream before finding his own truth
Louise Keller-Urban Cinefile
One's interest is diminished as the dramatic focus becomes unclear, petering out in well-meaning rhetorical confusion.
Philip French-Observer [UK]
Ambitious and thought-provoking yet ultimately uneven, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is elevated - and saved - by a stunning central performance from Riz Ahmed.
Stephen Carty-Flix Capacitor
A lurching, stuttering drama, one whose intentions are far better than its sense of storytelling rhythm.
Mike Scott-Times-Picayune
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a small personal story, based on a novel by Mohsin Hamid, that has been inflated into an unwieldy epic. It's a brave one, though.
Jay Stone-Canada.com
[An] assured adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel.
Norman Wilner-NOW Toronto
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