Polite Society

"Big trouble. Little sister."

2023 1h 44m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 237

ComedyActionDrama

Synopsis

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Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

“Big trouble. Little sister.”

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Cast

Priya Kansara
Ria Khan
Ritu Arya
Lena
Shobu Kapoor
Fatima
Ella Bruccoleri
Alba
Seraphina Beh
Clara
Shona Babayemi
Kovacs
Nimra Bucha
Raheela
Jeff Mirza
Raff

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nida Manzoor
Writers: Nida Manzoor
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nida Manzoor, shot by Ashley Connor. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shez Manzoor. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robbie Morrison shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya and Shobu Kapoor carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Big trouble. Little sister.".

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IMDB entry: tt18257464 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nida Manzoor directs. Ashley Connor behind the camera. Shez Manzoor scores. Robbie Morrison cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Nida Manzoor, shot by Ashley Connor. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Shez Manzoor. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Robbie Morrison shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya and Shobu Kapoor carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Big trouble. Little sister.".
7IMDB entry: tt18257464 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "martial arts", "kidnapping", "teenage girl", "wedding".
9Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ashley Connor
Original score: Shez Manzoor
Editing: Robbie Morrison
Production design: Simon Walker
Costume design: PC Williams
Makeup / hair: Lyndsey Jewell
VFX supervisor: Paddy Eason
Sound: Simon Hill
Stunt coordinator: Crispin Layfield
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Polite Society (2023)

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Manuel São Bento2023-01-23
★ 7/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/polite-society-review-sundance-2023 "Polite Society looks straight out of a comic book. Endlessly energetic, witty humor, and packed with pretty great stunts. Nida Manzoor's quick edits, slow-motion, and stylistic title cards make this a distinctively fun feature debut. Not perfect, but the over-the-topness of it all brought it home for me." Rating: B
CinemaSerf2023-05-15
★ 7/10
I was really quite pleasantly surprised by this lively comedy that has as much to do with an episode of "Dr Who" as it does with the traditional family-based rom-com. "Lena" (Ritu Arya) falls hook line and sinker for the handsome (and wealthy) "Salim" (Akshay Khanna) but her savvy sister "Ria" (Prima Kansara) smells a rat. It's all going too smoothy, too quickly - and her otherwise quite rebellious sister has taken to wearing cardigans! The potential mother-in-law "Raheela" (the always over-dressed Nimra Bucha) exudes a certain menacing quality that soon has the sibling doing a bit of detective work of her own, aided by her two friends from school (whose inclusion in the drama is annoyingly superfluous!). Anyway, what now ensues is generally quite an entertaining, fairly action-packed, series of martial arts escapades that feature some dancing; high fashion; breaking and entering and - some old fashion Dolly-style cloning! The soundtrack is vibrant and the entire thing is just all over the place enough to stay interesting for most of the hundred minutes of screen time. It's unlikely to be a film you will remember, nor does it need to be seen in a cinema - but it's still an amiable enough, pretty far-fetched, effort from all concerned that passes the time effortlessly.