Unfreedom

Released May 29, 2015

1h 42m

Drama

Romance

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A Muslim terrorist kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar; a young woman resists her devout father's efforts to force her into an arranged marriage.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

As accomplished and committed as most of the cast is, one doesn't so much find affinity with the characters they play as feel bad that they were compelled to enact such ugly movements.

Rated: 1/4

May 29, 2015

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

A hard-line thriller derailed by messy editing and narrative silliness.

May 29, 2015

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Graham Fuller

New York Daily News

Raj Amit Kumar's bold but ultimately muddled attempt to address extremism and intolerance.

Rated: 2/5

May 29, 2015

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David Noh

Film Journal International

One can almost understand why this reprehensible film was banned in India, being utterly worthless, morally suspect, and an aesthetic outrage to boot.

May 29, 2015

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

Where the film falls down a bit is in basic storytelling, as it is easy to get lost in the cuts between India and New York, and even more so in the many jumps back and forward in time.

Rated: 5/10

May 29, 2015

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Harvey S. Karten

Compuserve

Sloppy editing can cause major confusion.

Rated: C

May 22, 2015

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there cant be a more powerful movie about the choices you make between ideals and survival

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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kevin a

Un-Freedom could also be titled Un-intelligible. This mish mash of social consciousness tries to address Islamic terrorism and coming out as a lesbian in India in the same film by toggling back and forth in and out of each story arc. You might be wondering why? Director Kumar outsmarted himself in trying to tell two parrellel stories, one set in New Delhi where a proud, politically connected father watches as his only daughter struggles with her sexuality and refuses to go through with her iimpending arranged marriage. Her father is humiliated and will stop at nothing to stop her, but he should know it's not possible to stop or alter hard wired sexual identity. Meanwhile in NYC a Islamic terrorist arrives from Pakistan to expose a moderate Muslim college professor. Instead the story devolves into torture and graphic, gratuitious bloody violence (including crucifying an innocent student of the professor (who was taken in a carjacking) by hammering phillips screw drivers into his wrists-yuk. Equally gratuitious is wanton female full frontal nudity in exploring the "independent spirit" of the daughters modern artist bisexual, promiscious lover and wife to be. This film is a messy, mottled brew of self-important cinema indulgence by this director. It was just released two days ago, so that might explain why I watched the film with just two others on a Sunday afternoon. Way too much overcooked curry for me.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Awaiting for this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

trailer is amazing waiting for release .

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

Really looking forward to watch this one...releasing on 29th may 2015 in U.S.A. here's the link of the Unfreedom blog http://unfreedommovie.com/blog/

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

Brutal, feel-bad film that lacks an important message or teaching moment to justify its negativity.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Raj Amit Kumar

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Synopsis

A Muslim terrorist kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar; a young woman resists her devout father's efforts to force her into an arranged marriage.

Director: Raj Amit Kumar
Screenwriter: Raj Amit Kumar, Damon J. Taylor
Distributor: FilmBuff
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 26, 2016
Runtime: 1h 42m