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The fourth feature from Canadian writer-helmer Ruba Nadda ("Sabah") has a slightly breathless, old-fashioned feel, calling to mind the cliched fiction found in the type of ladies' magazine the heroine edits.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
Think "In the Mood for Love" with hookahs instead of chopsticks.
67
It's a postcard-lovely movie that, in spite of its best intentions, ends up feeling a little touristy.
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey
One disappointment here is that Patricia Clarkson, the queen of indie film, is missing much of her usual spark. Her performance may be aiming for sensual, but too often it comes across more as listless.
75
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Cairo Time is affectingly gentle, with Juliette slowing down to open up -- a gossamer transformation that Clarkson makes tangible.
75
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
It's a haunting and hypnotic film.
75
What emerges is time pleasantly spent with a slice of life that examines a romantic détente between two cultures. Like smoke from an Egyptian hookah, the melancholia lingers.