
An army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.... (Full plot summary below)
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An army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.
Leave your thoughts about Amira & Sam.
| Austin American-StatesmanCharles EalyAmira & Sam is a sweet little movie that seeks to subvert our expectations of romantic comedies in various ways. |
| Film School RejectsScott BeggsAmira and Sam is both a wonderful story of comfortable love and of the consequences that arise when a community can't accept a particular kind of normalcy. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Charles MudedeThis film, oddly enough, manages not only to draw convincing performances from the leads, but also to connect, with very light hands, American militarism with finance capital. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlUnder writer-director Sean Mullin, everything clicks. |
| AV ClubNick SchagerRomantic comedy clichés are given a superficial East-meets-West (and vet-back-home) makeover in Amira & Sam, a love story whose likable stars can’t compensate for a story that tediously adheres to formula. |
| CinemalogueTodd JorgensonThis modestly affecting romance doesn't exactly break any new ground, but its character-based approach allows it to sidestep some of the usual clichés. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferCharming performances by the well-cast leads, Martin Starr and Dina Shihabi, compensate for a clunky, contrived, sitcom-ish screenplay. |
| Under the RadarZach HollwedelWriter-director Sean Mullin's first feature is genuine and human. |
| RogerEbert.comMark DujsikAn earnest and considerate examination of two people falling in love, but the movie lacks certainty when handling these characters separately. |
| Movie MezzanineDan SchindelCalling a movie a "solid rental" generally carries a derisive tinge, but it's honestly meant here in the best sense. |