
With a PhD in Chemistry, devout and bearded, Syria-born Ashade Mouhana (Abdellatif Kechiche) drives a cab in New York, and must accept financial assistance from friends who attend the Islamic Council of America so that he can pay a lawyer to get his Canadian brother, who is being detained as a '2nd tier suspect', released. He also has to look after his toddler nephew and French-speaking Caucasian sister-in-law, Eloise (Elodie Bouchez), and is fearful that his brother may be t... (Full plot summary below)
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With a PhD in Chemistry, devout and bearded, Syria-born Ashade Mouhana (Abdellatif Kechiche) drives a cab in New York, and must accept financial assistance from friends who attend the Islamic Council of America so that he can pay a lawyer to get his Canadian brother, who is being detained as a '2nd tier suspect', released. He also has to look after his toddler nephew and French-speaking Caucasian sister-in-law, Eloise (Elodie Bouchez), and is fearful that his brother may be tortured in Syria. One night he befriends a passenger, who identifies herself as Phyllis (Robin Wright Penn), claims she is Head of Programming of Q-Dog Television, sympathizes and offers to assist him get his brother released. He gets a shock when she asks him to carry out an act of terrorism as retribution against America. He walks away, and subsequently finds out that she has stolen his money. Shortly thereafter, his cab is confiscated by secret agents, and Eloise is held for questioning. Vengeful, he shaves off his beard, assumes the name of Habib and attends the offices of Q-Dog Television in order to confront Phyllis - not realizing the shock and trauma that await him when he finds out who Phyllis really is.
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| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe movie is cross-eyed with fuzzy thinking; it's also an interesting, if wacko, artistic response to world events. |
| Upstage MagazineKam WilliamsA psychological thriller with a cleverly-concealed subplot likely to surprise even the best of cinema sleuths. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...the conclusion...is destined to leave audiences thinking and talking about it for hours after everything's said and done. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA film that begins in intrigue, develops in fascination and ends in a train wreck. It goes spectacularly wrong, and yet it contains such a gripping performance by Robin Wright Penn that it succeeds, in a way, despite itself. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasMany audience members will likely be turned off by the film's bizarre ending. I'd defend it, solely on the grounds that it is the appropriate finish for the entire misbegotten mess. |
| LYTRules.comLuke Y. ThompsonSORRY, HATERS is amazing. And not what you probably think from the title. |
| Denver PostLisa KennedyAs the characters unravel -- and how -- so too does the movie. |
| WBAI Web RadioPrairie MillerA product of a younger, confused generation raised on a junk diet of corporate media propaganda and tabloid news substituting hip for history, it's distanced from any candid self-reflection, while demonizing women as the main source of global distress. |
| Common Sense MediaCharles CassadyStereotype- and expectation-busting indie drama. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperThe idea could and previously has been done well, but here it makes for a thoroughly unpleasant film experience. |