Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.
Amreeka has generally received positive reviews.
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 19 Feb 2012
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Amreeka was released in 2009 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 30 reviews, giving Amreeka (2009) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 76%.
With a score of 72%, Amreeka is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2009, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2009 with similar scores include films like The Princess and the Frog, The Blind Side and Invictus.
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