Wadjda (2013)

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

disgusting, overrated, pointless

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Wadjda is an excellent film in that it shows a glimpse of a society from the prospective of the title character, Wadjda, a young middle class girl in Saudi Arabia.The main conflicts surround Wadjda and her mother. Wadjda wants to buy a bicycle to beat her friend/crush Abdullah in a race. This is very atypical in Saudi society: girls don't ride bikes, it is for boys. This doesn't stop Wadjda, as she enacts a few different schemes to try and raise the needed funds. Unfortunately, she clashes with the school principal, Ms. Hussa. Ms. Hussa attempts to "save" Wadjda by constantly reprimanding her. Eventually, Wadjda decides to sign up for a Qur'an recitation competition to win the money for her bike.Wadjda's mother is also having problems. She is at ends with her husband, who is constantly away and wants a son that becomes more evident that she can not produce. She is still deeply in love with him. Her other problem is with riding with her dim-witted, easily agitated driver (this was made before women could drive in Saudi Arabia).One of the best parts of the film is the characters interactions, Wadjda and Abdullah's budding friendship/romance. Wasjda and her mother's slow estrangement her father is particular hard to watch. This is a potent movie and seems very realistic. They don't tell the watcher what to believe and leave things as are.: (for Westerners) an eye opening look at one of the most conservative societies on the planet.Everyone involved in the project should give themselves a hand, the did very well.

I don't think that guys from regions other than the middle east, would really appreciate the revolution this movie represents. A revolution on everything we have been taught as kids, and have taken for granted as it is " the ultimate truth " . A revolution on every certainty that turned out not to necessarily be a certainty.It's like u've always been watching Hollywood movies, and all of a sudden u find out about the European cinema with all the differences between the two in presenting the ideas,handling them and what not. This movie also provides,for those who are from other regions, a very cultural overview of the life style of most middle eastern families, on what basis they get married and how they treat their children, for the most part.

The movie Wadjda is about an Arabic girl, Wadjda is born in a family that is not really wealthy. She really wants to ride a bike like her friend, but her mother denies to buy her one because this disobeys the social norms in their Arabic society. Wadjda tries to collect money from her friends, and even wins a competition(But she does not actually get the award at the end). Eventually, her hard work impresses her mother to allow her to ride a bike. The last couple scenes in the movie was very touching to me. Wadjda's mother divorces with her father, and uses all the money she has for the red dress to buy Wadjda a bike. When I see Wadjda is finally riding the bike, I am so happy for her, but also sad for her mother. I would give this film an 8, because I really like the story line and how religion and social norms are playing such an important role in this film. I would definitely recommend this film, because it shows so many culture elements that we can never see in our life.

In this movie the Director Haifaa Al-Mansour try to Talking about older topics we went through all of the 80's generation. As Saudi girl, I think this movie touch part of me but in same time the main idea not there, She raise the issue in random way and she didn't show the other aspects of the case, or at least a solution On the one hand the cast was disaster. Some of them this was his first experience as an actor.As usual, unfortunately, it did not display the film in Saudi Arabia were not likely in the TV channels to this momentIn the end I saw the film just supporting for the directorI hope to see a great Saudi movie soon.