Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi |
| Director |
Mira Nair |
| Screenplay | William Wheeler, Ami Boghani, Mohsin Hamid, Rutvik Oza, from the novel by Mohsin Hamid |
| Music | Michael Andrews |
| Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
| Editing | Shimit Amin |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2012 |
| Produced by | Cine Mosaic, The Doha Film Institute, Mirabai Films |
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| Genre | Drama, political, thriller |
| Language | Mild to moderate |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild to moderate, infrequent |
| Violence | Mild to moderate, some blood |
| Prejudice | Mild to moderate |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Occasional, cigarettes, alcohol |
| Comments | The themes are complex, mature, about terrorism, capitalism, ambition, religion, cultural tension, anti-America, anti-Muslim. A Pakistani, Changez sets a high tension in a bar, Changez is the unknown different culture stranger, who is a suspect of terrorism. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Outsider on a quest to fit in. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Riëtte Grobler Só word gewone mense ekstremiste. | 10 | |
| Cape Times Deborah Young Fundamental fissures. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 28 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 92 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Reluctant Fundamentalist is technically proficient, with solid acting and cinematography, but its message is so ambitious and heavy-handed that some of its power is robbed. | 11 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 12 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1979 Netizens | 13 | |
Average .. 56% | 11 | |