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Amira & Sam
Directed by
Sean Mullin
Not Rated
2014
90m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
and more
6.2
79%
68%
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An army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.
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Cast of Amira & Sam
Martin Starr
Sam
Dina Shihabi
Amira
Paul Wesley
Charlie
Laith Nakli
Bassam
David Rasche
Jack
Ross Marquand
Greg
Daniel Fox
Burke
Alexis Hughes
Kara
Alexandra O'Halleran
Jen
Rasha Zamamiri
Veiled Woman
Sean Mullin
Stand-Up Comedian / Director / Writer
Meg Gibson
VA Administrator
Robert C. Kirk
Chief Rowenski
James Chen
Donnie
Christian A. Paluck
Officer O'Rourke
Christopher Stadulis
Security Guard
John Leslie Wolfe
Karl Royce
Taylor Wilcox
Claire
Claire Byrne
Simone
Jolie Mullin
Rita Bechdel
Mark Elliot Wilson
Nicolas
Teddy Cañez
Officer Valez
Bruce Davis
Officer Lynch
Melissa Navia
Police Clerk
Elizabeth Vereshko
Waitress
Ben Cole
Erik
Matt Miller
Producer
Amira & Sam Ratings & Reviews
Bitch Media
Jessica Luther
This rom-com is, at points, too big for its britches. But Shihabi and Starr ground the characters, they make them believable, and they make you fall in love with them.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
A modest, carefully performed New York love story that unites disparate cultures across a variety of potential incendiary topics.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Charles Mudede
This film, oddly enough, manages not only to draw convincing performances from the leads, but also to connect, with very light hands, American militarism with finance capital.
The Film Stage
John Fink
A kind of counter-narrative, free from partisan political commentary, Amira & Sam takes the smart high ground
San Diego Union-Tribune
Anders Wright
A nice little movie that you might well enjoy, if only you'll give it a chance.
Under the Radar
Zach Hollwedel
Writer-director Sean Mullin's first feature is genuine and human.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Charming performances by the well-cast leads, Martin Starr and Dina Shihabi, compensate for a clunky, contrived, sitcom-ish screenplay.
RogerEbert.com
Mark Dujsik
When the eponymous couple is together, 'Amira & Sam' is an earnest and considerate examination of two people falling in love, but the movie lacks certainty when handling these characters separately.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
This modestly affecting romance doesn't exactly break any new ground, but its character-based approach allows it to sidestep some of the usual clichs.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
The script is thoughtful, but its anger is diffuse, with laissez-faire capitalism and the problems of illegal immigrants and returning soldiers jostling for attention.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
Chief among its pluses is the low-key warmth of leads Martin Starr and Dina Shihabi.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
"Amira & Sam" is all over the map in terms of tone. But it does score a few points as an unusual tale about the casualties of war.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Ingratiatingly charming, playful, and, above all, honest in its depiction of a budding albeit problematic romance between a recently returned army veteran and a thoroughly modern young Iraqi woman.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
This indie drama is unconvincing as a love story and heavy-handed in its message of tolerance.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
It gets by on low-level sweetness and guile until delivering an unexpectedly powerful emotional sucker-punch at the end.
AV Club
Nick Schager
A love story whose likable stars can't compensate for a story that tediously adheres to formula.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Under writer-director Sean Mullin, everything clicks.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
A movie that handles race, class and militarism with a light touch, Sean Mullin's Sam & Amira is at bottom a romance whose protagonists don't quite fit in the worlds that raised them.
The Dissolve
Keith Phipps
Starr and Shihabi, a charming newcomer, play off each other beautifully, and even when the film becomes a little too heavy-handed, their relationship keeps it grounded.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
Writer-director Sean Mullin gives us some of the usual beats, but he and his performers invest them with rare persuasive power ...
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