Breaking Fast

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Breaking Fast

2020

1h 32m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

LGBTQ+

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Set against the twinkling lights of West Hollywood, Breaking Fast is a romantic comedy that follows Mo, a practicing Muslim still reeling from heartbreak. When an All- American guy named Kal offers to join him in his nightly Iftars -- the traditional meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan -- meal after meal, the two start to discover they have more in common than meets the eye.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

As in most rom-coms, it's not if the couple will get together but how. Still, Mosallam's incisive and heartfelt, if occasionally on-the-nose, approach to matters of love, religion, family and culture sets the film apart.

Jan 23, 2021

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

A movie that proves you don't have to reinvent the wheel to build a new road.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 22, 2021

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

"Breaking Fast" is a lovely antidote to the disharmony of these times, a soothing, comforting story about the importance of connection and understanding.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 21, 2021

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Josh Parham

Next Best Picture

The story here trades on many conventions that the broader genre has seen before, but giving light to how these relationships are treated with a specific foundation is a treasure to watch.

Rated: 6/10

Jun 5, 2022

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David Reddish

Queerty

Breaking Fast benefits from assured direction by Mosallam, and from a charismatic leading performance by Sleiman.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 13, 2022

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

A solid rom-com with a wealthy man falling in love in a high-gloss We-Ho world. Its discussions of Islam place it a cut above the usual romantic schmaltz, but it's still fluffy happily-ever-after rose-tinted idealism.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 4, 2021

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3am T

I love it, but it was...mediocre. Mo and Kal are theoretically saying the right things to get together but have no chemistry. They're just awkward and not in the charming 'I've got a crush' way - in the 'you look genuinely uncomfortable with this man' way. The conflict COULD work - Mo does have a character flaw that could create drama and carry a conflict. But it doesn't escalate naturally at all. They're not bad actors - the first opening scene between him and Hassan feels plenty natural, which makes it harder to watch everything else fall flat. .....but. I must love it anyway because there is 0, and I mean, ZERO practicing Muslim rep anywhere, so no matter how forced it is, a win is a win. Or at least a first step, as the equivalent of a terrible Christian Hallmark movie,

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/27/25

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Audience Member

Brilliant storytelling, spectacular delivery, very emotive and compelling. Loved every minute of it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Miles D

Now one of my top 10 favorite movies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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IT'S SO SWEET I LOVE IT!! Really good movie, the rep, the feelings, the acting, the rom-com-y of it all!! I JUST LOVE IT SO MUSH!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Started as a story highlighting the x-section of Islam and queerness. It quickly down-spiraled into a story of a care-free, fun-loving white savior, whose name is literally indicating he's Superman and depicted as the man of the town in West Hollywood, saving the day for a Muslim gay man whose heart was broken by another Muslim man and the religion's expectations. Nothing more than a Hollywood cliché.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely a great insightful movie. Funny with all the Gen X references. Worth the stream. @hulu.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Set against the twinkling lights of West Hollywood, Breaking Fast is a romantic comedy that follows Mo, a practicing Muslim still reeling from heartbreak. When an All- American guy named Kal offers to join him in his nightly Iftars -- the traditional meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan -- meal after meal, the two start to discover they have more in common than meets the eye.

Director: Mike Mosallam
Producer: Sarah Bazzi, Bay Dariz, Seth Hauer, Alex Lampsos
Screenwriter: Mike Mosallam
Production Co: Minutehand Pictures, Mike Mosallam Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 22, 2021
Runtime: 1h 32m

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