If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.
Sonita has generally received positive reviews.
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Sonita was released in 2016 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 19 reviews, giving Sonita (2016) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 96%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 79%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Sonita than critics were.
With a score of 73%, Sonita is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2016, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2016 with similar scores include films like The Conjuring 2, The Founder and Silence.
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