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- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 43 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 43 m
Summary A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of ...
Directed By: Nida Manzoor
Written By: Nida Manzoor
- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 43 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 43 m
Polite Society
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Summary A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of ...
Directed By: Nida Manzoor
Written By: Nida Manzoor
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
75
84% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
75
84% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Apr 27, 2023
It’s a delight that borrows from everything — westerns, musicals, heist capers, horror, Jane Austen and James Bond — to build its writer and director, Nida Manzoor, into a promising new thing: a first-time filmmaker impatient to evolve cultural representation from the last few years of self-conscious vitamins into crowd-pleasing candy.
Mar 21, 2023
From the first blow to the last, Polite Society is a charm offensive that simply doesn’t let up.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
6.5
63% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
24% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
12% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
6.5
63% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
24% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
12% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
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May 4, 2023
Polite Society is an action-packed, genre-blending delight that fires on all cylinders. Everything – from the writing to the cinematography, the performances, the choreography and the soundtrack – is on point, and it has all the requisite ingredients to be an exhilarating experience for audiences that come along for the ride.
By Mohammad Zaheer FULL REVIEW
Apr 24, 2023
A spunky, spiky action comedy that lives on the charisma of its leading ladies and the innovative spirit of director Nida Manzoor. Sisterhood is eternal; weird movies must be protected at all costs.
Apr 27, 2023
Polite Society is a tale of smashing the patriarchy through martial arts and a bit of science fiction, featuring gorgeously shot scenes of action, comedy, and outright terror.
Apr 26, 2023
Manzoor has created a world that feels at once very real — multicultural London, a blend of modernity and tradition — and very, very unreal. The story is a sci-fi and kung fu stew, with a mad-professor plotline that’s more than a little hard to swallow. Fortunately, the candy-colored sweetness of the sauce — a feminist story that is at heart about sibling love — makes all the hoo-hah go down a little easier.
Apr 26, 2023
In her feature debut, Manzoor does something truly bizarre here, and not in a good way. She gets a whole audience rooting for love to triumph but then tries to make a lovable heroine out of the irrational, malevolent character who wants to undermine everything the audience is looking forward to.
Sep 12, 2023
O melhor do filme é a edição ágil, que mostra que é um filme típico da geração tik tok, inclusive a protagonista é blogueirinha.
Tem o discurso do empoderamento feminino, da quebra às tradições, e toda aquela cartilha moderna que bem sabemos. Talvez o grande problema seja fazer isso de forma não delicada, com personagens caricatos, com situações esdrúxulas ( o que foi aquela invasão ao banheiro masculino? alumas cenas vergonha alheia), e ainda por fazer uso de extremos opostos ao discurso que defende, como a tentativa de inferiorizar o masculino pelo falocentrismo: "Eu tenho um ventre magnífico, mas o seu pinto é abaixo da média".
Ao tentar salvar a irmã de um casamento duvidoso, sabemos que o roteiro não está indo contra somente aos indivíduos supostamente mal caráter, mas à instituição casamento em si. Queria deixar claro que eu mesmo tenho minhas críticas às instituições, e não é esse o ponto. A questão não é o que, mas o como. Se você se deixar levar pela plasticidade de tudo, torna-se divertido. Veja a cena de luta com uma amiga da escola, é tudo tão performático, mas ali soou divertido. No casamento, soou genérico, dá para entreter sim, mas nada do que uma comédia pastelão na sessão da **** já não tenha feito antes.
Ainda assim, repito, a edição dá um show. Muita coisa acontece, mas os cortes são bons o suficiente para ligar cada situação ao todo, e as horas são muito bem aproveitadas, bem como há espaço para uma série de personagens interessantes: as amigas da escola, a mãe do noivo, os pais das meninas, enfim, é um elenco agradável de ver, e conta com uma produção que deixa o filme bem polido e rico visualmente, e sem soar sujo demais.
Vale a pena para uma sessão despretensiosa, basta deixar de lado o discurso mais afoito e acima do tom, meio maniqueísta até, e se divertir com as situações e com a crítica (?) social aos modelos tradicionais a que o filme combate, por mais que a "instituição" redes sociais e sucesso pelas mídias sociais não seja tocada aqui, e vista de forma acrítica, o que certamente vai agradar a geração tik tok que assistir a isso.
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Aug 27, 2023
A fun fantasy that blends Pakistani culture, generational marriage pressure, martial arts and over-the-top scheming. This film should appeal to any riot grrl who wants to blaze her own spin-kicking trail in life. The actors are well cast and the production is well polished.
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May 18, 2023
It is unlikely that the plot of Polite Society will be what people remember in detail after watching it, but what it manages to combine with its coming-of-age comedy and mystery gives it a fun and original identity that encourages laughter and entertainment. In my personal opinion, I think its charisma makes it so compelling because its satirical style is so well executed and at no point does it try to take itself too seriously.
Absurd moments abound, but there are also some clever ones. It is true that there are some occasional slumps in the pace, but I never got bored. As I said, the story is not its strongest suit because I would have liked the film to have more surprises and unexpected twists and turns, and to delve more deeply into the characters' motivations and conflicts.
There is also very little criticism of the traditions that bind the protagonists because of their culture, but I give it a little more room in that regard because this is a comedy, not a generational drama. You also have to know when and how to explore that. Polite Society is not deep or complex, but with results rather than unfulfilled ambitions it comes through and, while it will leave no lasting impression, for me it did what it needed to do at the right time it needed to do it.
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May 2, 2023
Nida Manzoor created the delightful comedy about an all-girl Muslim punk band called We Are Lady Parts (my review). This is her first feature and even though it has the spunk of the series, it doesn't fully hold up. Priya Kansara & Ritu Arya play close sisters: One wants to be a stunt woman and the other an artist. Conflict ensues when romance comes between them. The theme of sisterhood comes thru and the cultural aspects from London's Pakastani community add a unique layer. The movie bright and fun, but the comedy never takes off, the laffs are minimal and the ending sequence should be wild, but is overdone and lacks punch. Still, there's an undeniable energy to the performances and direction that keep it entertaining.
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Jun 19, 2023
Definite Scott Pilgrim vibes with the editing and action. Its well paced and having a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the action and the story are not able to keep up and entertain throughout.
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Production Company
- Focus Features
- Parkville Pictures
- Reliance Film & Entertainment
- Working Title Films
Release Date Apr 28, 2023
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Big trouble. Little sister.
Awards
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Girls on Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
• 2 Nominations
