Movie #184 "Amreeka" is a wonderful movie to teach us all how difficult it is to live one's life where there is so much discrimination no matter where you go. Mother and son journey from their beloved home in Palestine to America because they are tired of the police guarding their city --- they can't travel anywhere anymore --- it just isn't safe, so they think it will be better to live with relatives in America (Amreeka), but it isn't. The mom goes from an okay banker's job to working at White Castle. The son goes from being an excellent student to one who is called a terrorist by his fellow students. (just because he's Arab, does not mean he is a Muslim) And this is in Illinois, where I live!!!! it seems pretty grim through most of the movie, but there is a glimmer at the end ---- just a glimmer, and that's the reason for the 4 rating instead of 5. Ending could have been a tad more satisfying, but it was really a slice of life and so it ends in that tone. I really recommend this -- kept me thinking all day today.
average rating: 3.504
I gave it 4 stars
Amreeka
(2009) PG-13
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi (Melkar Muallem), divorcée Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda (Hiam Abbass), and brother-in-law, Nabeel (Yussuf Abu-Warda). Cherien Dabis writes and directs.
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