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Three women defend their home against a group of armed men who want to take it forcibly from them.
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| Dog and WolfAlexa DalbyMy Pure Land, [Masud's] first feature, shows he is a talent to watch. |
| Geeks of ColorQamar Shafiq[My Pure Land] deserves to be seen if only to highlight the importance of being an empowered and independent woman in a deeply patriarchal society. |
| StarburstAndrew MarshallAn important story beautifully told that highlights the inequality of Pakistan's patriarchal society, My Pure Land is exciting, tense, uplifting and tragic, and uncompromisingly grips you right up to its final moments. |
| Total FilmMatt LookerDespite pacing issues, this is a captivating true story with important implications. |
| HeyUGuysDaniel GoodwinMasud's style is refreshingly rugged yet extrapolates scraps of beauty from the incredible acting and impecunious settings. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonBehold a modern-day feminist western set in deeply patriarchal Pakistan. Stark and spare, with a heroine full of mean grace, it's even a true story. |
| Times (UK)Ed PottonIt's lyrical, heart-poundingly tense and strikingly feminist. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Brian VinerThe film lurches back and forward in time, but both as a narrative and as an insight into another culture it is never less than engrossing. |
| CineVueZoe MargolisIn My Pure Land, the lead roles aren't just "strong female characters": these are actual women who have fought real-life battles - and won. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabThe tempo here is different to that of the westerns that clearly inspired the director. The film is reflective and lyrical. |