Jalla! Jalla!

2000

1h 28m

Comedy

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56%

9 Reviews

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75%

5,000+ Ratings

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A Lebanese (Fares Fares) living in Sweden must choose between the girl he is dating (Tuva Novotny) and a woman chosen by his father.

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Diamo la sufficienza di incoraggiamento, il film si basa sulla difficoltà di uno straniero di sfuggire alla morsa del retaggio culturale della propria famiglia. Di film del genere e sono usciti molti negli anni 2000 (Sognando Beckham, ad esempio) e questo film si differenzia per la qualità medio-bassa, attori agghiaccianti e battute di basso livello (l'amico impotente del protagonista è qualcosa che abbassa molto il livello comico del film). L'ingenuità del film (dalla sceneggiature, alla regia fino alla recitazione) strappa però un sorriso benevolo, come quando ti ritrovi ad ascoltare gli inutili ragionamenti di un bimbo stupido.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Almost already a Swedish classic.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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I hadn't seen any swedish comedy till this one and I thought it was well achived, natural, easy and sympathic humor; you can relate to Roro and Mans complications of life. All the situations are presented with grace and respect to the viewer, yet they managed to make you laugh for an hour and a half. I really enjoyed it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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A swedish movie about a swedish guy who can't get an erection and an arabic guy who's in love with a swedish girl, but sadly is planned to marry an arabic one. Good, but not great.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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[b]Deception (2008)[/b] [color=green]3.5/10[/color] :rotten: : Insipid, insulting, and ineffective. Everything about this flick is by the numbers and completely lacks any kind of identity of its own. Not even Maggie Q in sheer black lingerie can save this dull nonsense. [b]Harry - He's Here To Help[/b] :fresh: [color=red]7.5/10[/color] [img]http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6123/harrxx3.jpg[/img] Clumsy title notwithstanding, this is a rather competent, well put together French piece of Hitchcock inspired thriller. Troubled language teacher Michel runs into an old schoolmate Harold, who seems to have something of an obsession with Michel's old teenage creative writings. Harold, and his fiance Plum, meet Michel's wife Diane and their three children and there forms something of a slightly uneasy friendship of the moment. Then Harold decides it's time to help Michel find a happier life in which he can return to his writing... Marred slightly by being a tad drawn out - the pacing a little off - and a lack of perhaps any real suspense per se, [i]Harry[/i] succeeds through the nicely built atmosphere, and the credibility leant by the very real characters inhabiting this little part of France. [b]Jalla! Jalla![/b] :fresh: [color=red]7.0/10[/color] [img]http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2774/jallajallawebpt8.jpg[/img] Roro, from a Lebanese immigrant family in Sweden, is badgered into marrying a Lebanese girl but he really loves his delightful Swedish girlfriend Lisa. Throw in an impotent best friend, a somewhat pointless deaf mute, and some weird stuff about dogs' bollocks, and you have [i]Jalla! Jalla![/i] (aka, apparently, [i]The Best Man's Wedding[/i]). This isn't high art. It isn't deep. And it isn't terribly insightful - going lightly over the immigrant culture difference theme once more. But it [i]is[/i] funny, occasionally truly hilarious, and - just like Lisa - rather delightful. No beer necessary, but you might want to bring along your significant other...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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laughed all the way until the end. silly, but nice

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Josef Fares

Director

Fares Fares

Roro

Torkel Petersson

Måns

Tuva Novotny

Lisa

Laleh

Yasmin

Leonard Terfelt

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It's a first feature from a young director, and still has a bit of film-school gawkiness about it. But there's talent here, and probably better films to come.

Rated: 2/4

May 3, 2002

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

A warm, sweet Swedish romantic comedy about culture shock in Scandanavia.

Rated: B

Jun 21, 2007

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Eric Henderson

City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Or, as more than a few IMDB reviewers have hinted: My Big Fat Swedish Wedding.

Jul 18, 2004

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Chris Hewitt

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Unlike many broad comedies, Jalla! Jalla! has real affection for its characters and that makes it a winner.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 15, 2004

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Urban Cinefile

A warm and funny buddy movie about relationships, sex and weddings - in that order. The performances are wonderful, and are played as straight as an arrow.

Nov 16, 2002

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Derek Tse

Jam! Movies

While the meandering story is coherently told, it labours under a dual storyline that tells completely different stories until they're tied together fairly unconvincingly at the end.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 4, 2002

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Synopsis

A Lebanese (Fares Fares) living in Sweden must choose between the girl he is dating (Tuva Novotny) and a woman chosen by his father.

Director: Josef Fares
Producer: Lars Jönsson, Lukas Moodysson
Screenwriter: Josef Fares
Production Co: TV1000 AB, Memfis Film & Television [se], Dramatiska Institutet, Film Väst
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Swedish
Runtime: 1h 28m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)