The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Arab Blues
Comedy · Drama · 2020
Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.
Movie details
Arab Blues
2020 Comedy · Drama 1h 28m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Arab Blues?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Manele Labidi
Written by
Manele Labidi
Golshifteh Farahani
Selma
Hichem Yacoubi
Raouf
Majd Mastoura
Naïm
A
Aïsha Ben Miled
Olfa
R
Ramla Ayari
Amel
F
Fériel Chammari
Baya
Najoua Zouhair
Nour
Court is in session
Put Arab Blues on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.