This movie is so good! In many ways it defies categorization, but first and foremost it is indeed a comedy. Great comedy, too. Still, there's more. Much more.
Sure, there are lots and lots of big laughs all the way through, but this movie also has a very becoming, profoundly serious side to it.
"Jalla! Jalla!" is not dealing with racial issues so much as with human - or perhaps cultural - ones. There are two main dramatic components: First, we have the question of arranged marriages, and second, the question of impotence. Both problems set off an avalanche of almost slapstick-like comic situations, but still, we never forget the seriousness of these matters.
It may be obvious, but if you liked "Fucking Åmål" and "Tilsammans", I'm positive you'll like this one too. 8 out of 10 points.
Sure, there are lots and lots of big laughs all the way through, but this movie also has a very becoming, profoundly serious side to it.
"Jalla! Jalla!" is not dealing with racial issues so much as with human - or perhaps cultural - ones. There are two main dramatic components: First, we have the question of arranged marriages, and second, the question of impotence. Both problems set off an avalanche of almost slapstick-like comic situations, but still, we never forget the seriousness of these matters.
It may be obvious, but if you liked "Fucking Åmål" and "Tilsammans", I'm positive you'll like this one too. 8 out of 10 points.