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The Idol

Released 2016

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Director:: Hany Abu-Assad
Released:: 2016

Rating:: Not rated

A biopic of Mohammed Assaf, a young Palestinian singer who was catapulted to worldwide fame after winning the television competition "Arab Idol" in 2013. Hany Abu-Assad's film world premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Based on 16 critics

80

Screen International Tim Grierson

If in the past Abu-Assad's movies could be criticised for stridency, The Idol finds him sacrificing none of his thematic drive while locating a more humanistic, inspirational tone.
80

CineVue Ben Nicholson

As this is only inspired by the real events, there are perhaps one too many threads neatly tied into a bow, but all of them work in concert with the main event.
70

The Hollywood Reporter Leslie Felperin

The director and his regular editor Eyas Salman notch up the tension by beautiful degrees as Mohammed overcomes each obstacle with ingenuity, charm and, hokey but true, sheer singi...