Review of Arranged (2007) by Hafidha A — 17 Feb 2010

I liked this fun little indie flick. It's about two young teachers in NYC - a Syrian Muslim and an Orthodox Jew - who bond when the principal of their school lectures them on not being liberated. Then they discover they are both in the process of having their parents find spouses for them.

The two leads are great, and I thought whoever wrote the script did an amazing job of capturing how the secular world can seem to a traditional, religious woman (the clothing, the language, the alcohol, even the volume of people's voices).

I was rooting for these two ladies! Good stuff. I also liked the child actors, namely the boys who played Rochel's brother and sight-impaired student.