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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for The List (2,018) on 09 Sep 2018

Smartly paced and filled with chuckles of recognition, Wajib is modest in scale but leaves a warm, pleasurable glow…

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By Stephanie Watts (27) for One Room With A View (90) on 23 Aug 2018

The actors work well together to deliver this dynamic, of a surface of roughness, but with both ultimately caring for the other…

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By Paula Vázquez Prieto (14) for La Nación (Argentina) (226) on 22 Jul 2018

Without accentuating the drama or abandoning comedy altogether, [director Annemarie] Jacir manages to weave and unravel the pending accounts…

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By Diego Batlle (225) for Otroscines.com (322) on 15 Jul 2018

An interesting and valuable approach. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Pablo A. Scholz (320) for Clarín (492) on 04 Jul 2018

Wajib has its political and social background, but it can also be seen as the intimate nexus between two beings to whom distance…

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By Benjamín Harguindey (98) for EscribiendoCine (248) on 02 Jul 2018

The director never intended to only have a summary of their lives, but rather an elegant and genuine story. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Ignacio Navarro (26) for El antepenúltimo mohicano (311) on 28 May 2018

It is an example of the skillful handling of the narration on the part of [director] Annemarie Jacir, maintaining a certain balance between…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 21 Apr 2018

Annemarie Jacir's characters may not leave the city of Nazareth as they take a circular road trip in Wajib but the emotional distance they…

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By Lorenzo Esposito (2) for Cinema Scope (405) on 29 Dec 2017

Wajib is a day-long road trip into a very diverse Palestinian community, which is sometimes treated with a subtle and slightly dark humour;…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 29 Dec 2017

A whip-smart, moving comedy of family and community…

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By Neil Young (78) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 29 Dec 2017

Wajib gives an unfussily illuminating snapshot of modern-day Nazareth, where a majority Arab population - most seen here are Christian - has…

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By Diego Semerene (203) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Oct 2017

Writer-director Annemarie Jacir's Wajib suggests that Palestinian survival depends on acts of self-erasure and self-betrayal…

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By Shane Slater (54) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 14 Sep 2017

In the end, it all boils down to a rather simple father-son drama…

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