The Amina Profile

Released Jul 24, 2015

1h 25m

Documentary

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89%

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27 Reviews

55%

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100+ Ratings

Amina Arraf, a Syrian-American revolutionary, launches a blog as the Syrian uprising gains momentum. After she is abducted in broad daylight, an international movement starts to save her from torture, rape and death.

Critics Consensus

Click once for truth, double-click for lies: The Amina Profile blurs the virtual line between fact and fiction and extends a much-needed warning for the internet's catfish-infested waters.

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Tina Hassannia

Globe and Mail

The film tries too hard to sensationalize a real-life story that has already been sensationalized enough - the kind that's too strange for fiction - but in doing so undermines the narrative's own weirdness.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 21, 2015

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

The film is reminiscent of Catfish in its essential circumstances of love and online deception, but it goes far deeper into how virtual lies cause tangible problems.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 20, 2015

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Mark Jenkins

NPR

Even those who followed Amina's rise and fall in the ultimately chastened media will find Gay Girl a nifty piece of detective work.

Jul 26, 2015

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Dayne Linford

Battleship Pretension

Amina is documentary filmmaking of the highest sort, an opportunity to expand the horizons of and provoke response from the viewer through the generous and honest reflections of the participants.

Jan 14, 2021

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Aaron Peterson

The Hollywood Outsider

Deraspe and Bagaria captured my heart and mind on their torturous journey, and the conclusion was far deeper than those opening frames ever alluded to.

Rated: 7/10

Oct 24, 2018

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Mae Abdulbaki

Punch Drunk Critics

The Amina Profile is a fascinating look at a bizarre and intriguingly shocking story.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 14, 2018

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Audience Member

La peor pelicula del 2121. Demasiada baja la calidad, presupuesto, todo. Hasta las actuaciones son pésimas.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

This movie struggles to find the focal point of the story. I wish the director would have picked between catfishing, the plight of Syria, and media irresponsibility. There were many times when I thought the movie was going nowhere and there were many scenes that I thought were unnecessary. It could have been told in 30 minutes and it could have been a great pilot for "Catfish - International"

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Isabelle Couture

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Synopsis

Amina Arraf, a Syrian-American revolutionary, launches a blog as the Syrian uprising gains momentum. After she is abducted in broad daylight, an international movement starts to save her from torture, rape and death.

Director: Sophie Deraspe
Producer: Isabelle Couture, Nathalie Cloutier
Screenwriter: Sophie Deraspe
Distributor: Sundance Selects
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 24, 2015, Limited
Runtime: 1h 25m