Review of Amira & Sam (2014) by Keith J — 22 Jun 2015

Great little movie. It's easy to forget what a good actor Martin Starr is because he usually stays in his comfortable range of stoner/nerd. Here he gets to play a bit of a different character than his wheelhouse, and is pretty good as a leading man in a love story.

Dina Shihabi kind of steals the movie, though. She's so sweet and cute and natural, and she shares great chemistry with Starr. Paul Wesley's character stuff feels a little out of place, but it doesn't hurt the movie or anything.

Very heartwarming romance movie (not sure to call it a "romcom," it has some humor but it doesn't seem that integral to the movie).