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The Infidel Reviews

2010

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An identity crisis comedy centred on Mahmud Nasir, successful business owner, and salt of the earth East End Muslim who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish. Read more

Starring	Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff, Igal Naor, Archie Panjabi
Director	Josh Appignanesi
Genres	Comedy

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- David Baddiel is the brains behind this comedy, about Muslim man who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish. read more »
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- - 72
  - 14
  Omid as his usual brilliant self!
  
  This movie was a pleasure to watch!Religion and related subjects are taken so seriously these days, that for me it was just a breath of fresh air that someone ... read more »
  
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  - Beddington
  - 18 Apr 2010 at 00:10
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- - 0
  - 0
  Passable, but borders on poor
  
  It's the ideal vehicle to put across the main leads jokes/humour but as a film it's a little bit crude and (obviously) unbelievable. Too few real laughs... read more »
  
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  - OXON
  - 25 May 2012 at 13:55
- - 2
  - 1
  Omid's very own turkey.
  
  Loved his stand comedy routine, so thought this would be good. Turned out to be a real let down, simply not very funny. The basic idea should be a good premise ... read more »
  
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- - Traveller123
  - 5 reviews
  - Thornbury
  - 08 Feb 2012 at 09:51
- - 3
  - 1
  Amusing with a few good laughs....
  
  As someone with a Protestant dad from Belfast and a Croatian Jewish mum (yes really!) I was looking forward to this. Omid Djalili is suitably impressive as a ... read more »
  
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- - twosoddingcats
  - 80 reviews
  - Kingston-upon-Thames
  - 14 Nov 2011 at 12:52
- - 1
  - 3
  Oooh ouch
  
  Oh dear..a few laughs but not as good as i had expected it to be,thought it would have been a laugh a minute but was prob a laugh a 20,,
  
  Disappointed... read more »
  
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- 1058133
- - luvmefilm
  - 3 reviews
  - 02 Nov 2011 at 23:44
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  - 8
  Not for me
  
  With the first word being a 4 letter word that I would not use this film was spoilt from the very beginning for me. After a few more F words I turned it off.
  
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- - Daveseein
  - 2 reviews
  - 25 Oct 2011 at 12:50
- - 0
  - 2
  Good ... maybe
  
  Is one of those film you have to watch as it tells your neighbour life, modern Britain told in a very gentle way. What woudl you do if you discovered that all ... read more »
  
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- 1054204
- - princesslunanini
  - 12 reviews
  - 23 Oct 2011 at 07:45
- - 2
  - 0
  The Infidel - DVD
  
  I loved this film and all the characters in it.
  
  I thought Omid was brilliant when he was trying on the skull cap for the first time and also when he ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 11 Oct 2011 at 13:27
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  - 2
  Dont bother with this
  
  I was expecting a lot from this as the trailor looked very funny.
  
  But i was very let down as it started out well but the script just fell apart after... read more »
  
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- - petethepainter
  - 16 reviews
  - HATFIELD HERTS
  - 04 Sep 2011 at 11:09
- - 2
  - 0
  Good stuff!
  
  This film was brilliant and handled the themes surprisingly well.
  
  Overall, a great film that kept me laughing from start to finish.
  
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  - elasticanimal
  - 6 reviews
  - 03 Sep 2011 at 21:47
- - 2
  - 0
  a jewish muslim....it really is a laughing matter
  
  i loved this film- i wasn't expecting too much from it to be honest but it was a real laugh out loud film. look out for omids 'traditional funny jewish ... read more »
  
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- - NOGOODBOYO
  - 2 reviews
  - 01 Sep 2011 at 17:32
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- - 72
  - 14
  Omid as his usual brilliant self!
  
  This movie was a pleasure to watch!Religion and related subjects are taken so seriously these days, that for me it was just a breath of fresh air that someone ... read more »
  
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  - Beddington
  - 18 Apr 2010 at 00:10
- - 12
  - 2
  A Excellent comedy with a religious twist
  
  This is what we need instead of horrible news of wars between diff religions. I hope they show this movie in Israel aswell and palestine. Nice job Omid keep it ... read more »
  
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- - toktok
  - 1 review
  - Sheffield
  - 07 Jul 2010 at 07:35
- - 7
  - 0
  Good performances, suspect material
  
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  I'm not particularly knowledgeable about Islam and am not much better with Judiasm, so I came to this film mainly due to David Baddiel and Omin Djalili ... read more »
  
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- - mrreasonable
  - 19 reviews
  - na
  - 29 Jan 2011 at 16:08
- - 7
  - 2
  much enjoyable
  
  It is a good mixture of light entertainment and deep questions raised at the same time. Very funny, recommend it heartily.
  
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  - 17beus17
  - 3 reviews
  - Newtownards
  - 29 Jan 2011 at 20:09
- - 7
  - 4
  Should of rented East is East Instead
  
  I saw the trailors for this film and thought it would be another funny film in the vein of East is East. How wrong was I !! The storyline had no direction and ... read more »
  
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- 931749
- - a customer
  - Manchester
  - 14 Oct 2010 at 22:17
- - 5
  - 2
  Just not funny
  
  I wanted to like this but it never touched my funny bone. My patience was wearing thin by the end, as a multitude of cliches were paraded in the form of a '... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 26 Feb 2011 at 21:22
- - 4
  - 0
  A good giggle with some laugh out loud moments
  
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  This is very entertaining and you have to be quick to catch some of the more subtle humour including
  
  SPOILER
  
  'What, you find out you ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - North Yorkshire
  - 13 Sep 2010 at 18:38
- - 5
  - 3
  Corny and unfunny
  
  A topical British film written by David Baddiel and starring Omid Djalili, what's not to like? Well quite a lot in fact. For a start it isn't that funny... read more »
  
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- - pad
  - 37 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Feb 2011 at 17:30
- - 4
  - 1
  Fantastically Fun
  
  Djalili and Schiff are great. Their one liners are fantastic. The only down side was the ending which was very disappointing (too sweet) and it was stretched ... read more »
  
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- 913668
- - a customer
  - London
  - 11 Aug 2010 at 19:08
- - 4
  - 1
  Disappointingly dull
  
  I was expecting to really like this film but unfortunately it fell very flat. A few good moments aside, I just didn't think it was very funny.
  
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- - JenD81
  - 33 reviews
  - Warrington
  - 09 Feb 2011 at 19:26

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