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David & Layla
Directed by
J.J. Alani
R
2005
1h 46m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
and more
5.4
53%
43%
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Sparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York.
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Cast of David & Layla
David Moscow
David Fine
Shiva Rose
Layla
Callie Thorne
Abby, David's fiancee
Peter Van Wagner
Mel Fine
Polly Adams
Judith Fine
Will Janowitz
Woody Fine
Joseph Kamal
Howar, Saz / Tanbur player
Jason Catalano
Walter
Florence Wack
Wedding Dancer/Muslim Prayer
J.J. Alani
Director / Writer / Producer
David & Layla Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Jay Jonroy, who wrote and directed David & Layla, has come up with some potentially funny material that doesn't quite work.
Film Journal International
Harvey S. Karten
The picture takes its time in developing momentum; once attained, it becomes a watchable, optimistic cri de coeur.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The road to formulaic romantic-comedy complications and ethic clichs is paved with good intentions in first-time filmmaker Jay Jonroy's cross-culture love story, which might as well be called My Big Fat Kurdish Wedding.
NewsBlaze
Kam Williams
My Big Fat Muslim Wedding!
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
Anyone can grasp the issues explored in Jonroy's comedy, and occasional missteps are easily forgiven when something new (along with a feast of great-looking food) is being brought to the table.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
A spread-thin but likable concoction that sets out to be a cross-ethnic romance, an explicit sex farce, a sober statement of the plight of the Kurdish people and, I think, a plea for world peace.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
So clumsily made that even its hopeful message can't make it go down pleasantly.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
David and Layla is proof, if proof be needed, that good intentions just aren't enough.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
David and Layla isn't going to solve any problems -- it's got way too many of its own.
Boxoffice Magazine
Tim Cogshell
Rather than a real drama about these things, David & Layla plays like '70s-era sitcom.
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
Humor and politics finally converge in what the story is all about: finding the good in those different from you. It's a happy ending that can be enjoyed by all.
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Writer-director Jay Jonroy is better with atmosphere and visuals than with dialogue.
Reel.com
Jim Hemphill
The effect is not a rich film with a wide range of tones as the director may have intended, but a schizophrenic mess that ends up working as neither social message movie nor entertainment.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Inspired by a real-life couple now living in Paris, David & Layla is suffused with the warmth and passion of filmmaker Jay Jonroy, whose own family was victimized under Saddam Hussein.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Yes, it's well-intentioned and at times funny. But it's also strained and clumsy and a bit too simple-minded to be effective.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
There is nothing poetic about it.
Los Angeles Times
Michael Ordoña
Though it's no Romeo and Juliet, David & Layla is an offbeat cross-cultural romance with a positive message.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
This is more suffering than should be asked of anyone to endure, but with admirable perversity, Jonroy decided to make a romantic comedy based on the love between an American Jew and a Kurdish Muslim woman whom the writer-director met in Paris.
Variety
Lisa Nesselson
An earnest, frequently funny comedy about stateless persons and the looming cliches that make Muslims and Jews so wary of each other. Completely accessible and non-threatening.
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