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"The beauty of AMREEKA is in first-time director Cherien Dabias' nimble touch....The result is a convincing and bittersweet look at the struggles of a pair of Palestinian immigrants and their extended family of not-so-recent arrivals."USA Today "This piquant film brings a keen and serious eye as well as that feeling for affectionate human comedy to this fraught situation, smartly avoiding both stridency and sentimentality in the process -- it's an elegant balancing act."Los Angeles Times "[T]he good humor, generosity, and love Dabis bestows on her characters in this assured first feature are uniquely hers -- the mark of a talent to watch." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] heart-warming and funny first feature....Much of this warmth comes from the actress Nisreen Faour."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "Filled out with fantastic performances and truly charming characters, AMREEKA's already in great form, but the script's frequent turns from the horrible to the truly lovely make this film memorable and affecting."Box Office "Chief among the film's variegated pleasures is the slow but palpable emergence of Muna's dormant inner spirit, a transformation that the doughy-cheeked Faour effects with a discreet and winning charm."Washington Post0.2227985

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