Cairo Time (2009)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Overrated and overhyped

Just perfect...

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

a large puzzle. the romance as the picture. but each piece has its splendid traits and flavors and sparkles and mysteries. and this does Cairo Time almost an experience.because beauty is present in each scene. the details of Cairo. the chemistry between the lead characters. the impression, who grows up than Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig are the perfect choice for a story who has as basic virtue the delicate and precise exploration of nuances. it is not the classic love story. slow and almost a jewels shop, touching and profound, portrait of a professional relation who becomes more, drop by drop, it has a not ordinary art to be a trip, a kind of sociological documentary, an embroidery of small gestures, silence and looks, a subtle definition of life's authentic taste and run, frustrations, expectations of a workaholic, a film about freedom at the mature age and the change of perception about reality, an inspired homage to a land, with its voices, lights, events and vulnerabilities. it is different and surprising. because it is a delicate subject and the art of director to do a beautiful story to become convincing and touching is real admirable.

.............. boring story.English woman waits for her husband in fancy Cairo hotel. He shows up at very end of movie. So what are we left with - not much. Patricia Clarkson spends the entire movie wandering around Cairo frustrated and alone. Her husbands friend Tareq spend all his time in a coffee shop and sort of half halfheartedly looking after the frustrated English broad. About the time she decides to give it up to Tareq her husband shows up. End of movie!All I got out of this flick is that middle eastern men are lascivious, myopic, libidinous, jerks. And the women couldn't think their way through a tic, tac, toe game. Cairo is very noise and the cab drivers play the radio too loud. Plus it's stated it never rains there?! Can you imagine the rank odors?

It's another Lost In Translation (2003) story happened in Cairo, without any twist and turn, this essayistic flick patiently stews about 90 minutes, and perturbs our mind by the low- pitched performance by two leads. Set in Cairo, a city I haven't been yet but intrigues me in a fascinating way, I am prone to love the film since the first scene, there are no big conflicts in the film, a married middle-age woman meets a gentle and charming local man in an exotic place, they have feelings towards each other but the most intimate behavior between them is restricted to a courteous kiss. The whole process of how the two people fall for each other is the keystone of the film, the director/writer Ruba Nadda succeeds in maintaining a comfortable tempo for the spectators to enjoy it. I am very impressed by Patricia Clarkson's acting skills, she is one of the most underrated actresses of this era, finally she has got a precious leading role in her long career, it is astonishing to see a forebearing exposition of mental turbulence instead of showyness, her acting is subtle and touching, which is a perfect example of interpreting a charming woman who deserves to be loved and matures enough to control her sensibilities under the threshold of her criterion. She is cracking into my top 10 list of Best Leading Actress of 2009 without a doubt. Her counterpart, the unknown Alexander Siddig, also contributes his personal enchantment to build the romantic atmosphere convincing and even sympathetic. As a chic flick about a renascent love feelings at the middle-age, I am content with the uneventful ending, we are learning from life at whatever age, she broke a promise to exchange an everlasting memory, the woman did know how to make a deal.

I really liked viewing the scenery around Cairo.But... the plot and execution of the story just make no sense. Juliette (Patricia Clarkson) goes to Cairo to meet up with her husband, but is left stranded in Cairo when her husband has pressing issues to deal with as the U.N. manager of a refugee camp in Gaza. Apparently her husband has been involved in such activities for a long time. One would think that Juliette, would have TALKED to her husband and would have SOME knowledge of the culture into which she is arriving. But NO! Not only that, she is supposedly an editor of a major magazine dealing with cultural issues, and one would THINK, that in that role she would know something about differences in culture. But NO! Juliette in Cairo and has not a clue as how to dress, where to go, what to do or NOT to do. And once she has encountered problems with the way she dresses, she continues to dress inappropriately and violate cultural norms. She even seems to have a new and inappropriate stylish outfit for each scene! How did such a stupid woman get to be an editor of a major magazine? The whole plot is incredulous! Nevertheless, I was actually happy to see the movie and the scenery just not the scenes.