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Osama

2003
Drama
1h 23m
A 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the Taliban closes the hospital where they work. Feeling she has no choice, the mother disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called Osama, the girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from finding out her true identity. (United Artists)

Osama

2003
Drama
1h 23m
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Rated 18 Nov 2014
75
42nd
Forget about movies that make you cry; this movie will make you sad to exist!
Rated 02 Nov 2007
80
85th
Beautiful acting in this fantastic debut piece. But oh gaawwwwd is it ever depressing.
Rated 06 Jun 2011
73
64th
Very horrifying movie.
Rated 09 Jul 2009
75
54th
very depressing,though quite accurate, even though i think more on the "heightened hysterical" side
Rated 21 May 2008
75
50th
There's not a lot of hope to be found in this devastating 2003 film about a girl living in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. The film is made with an all-amateur cast, which is a bit of a mixed blessing. Fortunately Marina Golbahari does a very convinving job as the main character. In terms of cinematography, editing and such the film is somewhat lackluster, but it doesn't detract much. The worst thing I can say about this movie is that it has basically ruined my day, if not my whole week.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
87
88th
An excellent film made under extraordinary circumstances. Very good performances from all involved, which had to be mentioned as they are non-professional actors.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
80th
It's not always easy to watch, but at the same time, it's impossible to take your eyes off of it. Haunting.
Rated 31 Aug 2022
89
82nd
Like a slow-moving car crash: this subtle, low-key tale builds and builds its tension by not attempting to overtly moralise but rather allow the suffocating horror of the situation to materialise organically, especially in Golbahari's naturalistic and completely convincing performance. No efforts at SJW sanctimony here, which makes the film that much powerful; leads to a poignant, halting finale which resolves nothing and everything, and only grows in power the longer you are left to ponder it.
Rated 13 Nov 2021
29
57th
Rated 10 Feb 2021
83
81st
This movie won many awards, including from Cannes FF. With the budget just under 50000, one can make such a successful film - that's amazing. Film is full of suspense and first time actors/actresses. As it is Taleban regime movie, i cant remember that there was much of shooting going on.
Rated 13 Nov 2018
76
58th
:-(
Rated 26 Sep 2018
83
95th
A bleak but interesting story about life in Afghanistan. I liked how the story was but but was kind of confused by the camera work as at times it almost felt like a mockumentary.
Rated 02 Sep 2012
20
7th
Horrendous story about a young girl who has to pretend to be a boy to help her family survive, gets inducted into the Taliban. When she is found out, the death penalty is commuted and instead given to an old man with many wives. The story was difficult to stay awake and watch, but it effectively drives home the religious stupidity that is rampant in that part of the world. Points for trying to expose such atrocities but the movie is really hard to get through.
Rated 31 Jan 2011
30
78th
"May seem redundant after Jafar Panahi's more structurally impressive The Circle or Mohsen Makhmalbaf's absurdist Kandahar, but it's no less powerful." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 27 Sep 2010
88
73rd
*Osama* is a remarkable film about Afghanistan, made by an Afghani director. It is a work of fiction, but it has the look and feel of an insider's account of gender issues (especially involving women and children) in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. The narrative takes place in the not-too-distant past but quite possibly foretells the future, given the current state of the war in the area.
Rated 22 Nov 2009
80
70th
Muy Buena
Rated 26 Apr 2009
70
16th
more like Oblama. Cause...blah.
Rated 17 Dec 2007
85
56th
Kind of made me want to kill myself, it was so depressing.
Rated 21 Sep 2007
3
61st
These were non-actors? I wish there were more actors as good as these non-actors. Horribly sad story deserves to be told, but the direction is poor.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
93
88th
brilliant doc-like reality burst of what it's like for people living inside an insanely restricted society. very moving.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
33
23rd
Your didacticism bores me, and illuminates nothing.

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