SummaryAn American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Directed By:Brian Gilbert
Written By:Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer, David W. Rintels
Not Without My Daughter
Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
57% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
88
Not Without My Daughter creeps up on you like an icy chill. Not since Midnight Express in 1978 has imprisonment in a foreign country been so alarmingly and intimately conveyed on film. [11 Jan 1991, p.69]
80
Field captures the sense of outrage to perfection, puffy-eyed, screaming and plotting escape. Appropriately enough, the film is strictly deglamorised; combined with the lack of sympathetic characters, it all adds up to difficult, compelling viewing as we're drawn into the deepening nightmare.
75
Field is at her best, downtrodden and determined as ever, and Sheila Rosenthal as Mahtob, Betty and Moody's little daughter, is adorable. [11 Jan 1991, p.E1]
63
Time to get out your flood pants and economy-size Kleenex. Sally Field has the weepies again. But unlike the hoked-up waterworks that turned Field's Steel Magnolias into rust, Not Without My Daughter has an iron-clad plus going for it - harrowing reality. [11 Jan 1991, p.1D]
60
What's surprising about Not Without My Daughter (which was adapted from a book that Betty Mahmoody wrote with William Hoffer) is how effective it is despite its obvious shortcomings. As a conventional thriller along the lines of, say, a Mission: Impossible episode, the movie actually manages to be borderline entertaining. [11 Jan 1991, p.9]
40
By enlisting jingoism and reducing an entire culture to caricature, Not Without My Daughter defeats any progressive point it may have intended to make.
0
It would all be worth getting mad over were the film not so plodding or so obvious in its tactics.
User score
Generally Favorable
60% Positive
6 Ratings
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10% Negative
1 Rating
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Sep 16, 2024
10
Aqui está um filme desconcertante e frustrante, que trabalha com grande habilidade para envolver nossas emoções, enquanto ao mesmo tempo faz afirmações morais e raciais que são profundamente perturbadoras. Não joga limpo com seus personagens muçulmanos. Se um filme de natureza tão vitriólica e rancorosa fosse feito nos Estados Unidos sobre qualquer outro grupo étnico, seria denunciado como racista e preconceituoso... No entanto, recomendo que o filme seja visto, por dois motivos. Um motivo é por causa da força dramática inegável de sua estrutura e performances; é impossível não se identificar com essa mãe e sua filha, e Field é muito eficaz como uma mulher corajosa e engenhosa que está determinada a libertar a si mesma e sua filha do cativeiro involuntário. O segundo motivo é mais difícil de explicar. Acho que o filme deve ser visto porque é um convite à reflexão.
Jun 24, 2023
7
Je crois que Sally Fields est une féministe invétérée mais c’est pour la bonne cause ici et ma foi (!) on ne lui jettera pas la pierre (!) surtout que cette histoire est tirée de faits réels, faits qui se reproduisent régulièrement encore de nos jours : une pauvre fille finit soit complètement lobotomisée par la religion de son mari (et se fait exploser), soit elle ne revoit plus jamais ses enfants puisque le « mari » en question est retourné avec la marmaille au bled dans son gourbi… ouais, ouais, ouais, c’est du classique. Ainsi,comme le montre le film, se prépare une vie de servitude pour la femme, boniche, servante et soumise devant son mari islamique mais aussi pour sa fille qui portera tous ces machins sur sa petite tête dès son plus jeune âge lorsqu’elle ira à l’école coranique dans laquelle ce petit être innocent sera « éduqué »… et lobotomisée, comme tant d’autres pauvres fillettes. Le film est lent à démarrer et ne s’interroge jamais sur la bêtise originelle de cette américaine ravie de la crèche et benoîtement godiche pour s’amouracher (et bien plus encore) d’un musulman intégriste (refoulé), puis le suivre jusque dans son pays de fondamentalistes, la bouche en coeur. Féministe donc, en effet, mais bien archi-conne aussi. Mais passons, le film est édifiant et reste intéressant malgré sa mise en scène sans relief et Sally fait comme toujours un sacré (!) bon boulot, c’est une excellente actrice.
Production Company:
- Pathé Entertainment
- Ufland
Release Date:Jan 11, 1991
Duration:1 h 56 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:In 1984, Betty Mahmoody's husband took his wife and daughter to meet his family in Iran. He swore they would be safe. They would be happy. They would be free to leave. He lied.
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Screen, Germany
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination




























