40
Like the hashish-laced pastries the ladies make to sedate the male population, the film feels like it has been dosed with sugar to mask its distressingly bitter taste.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
80
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
While the schemes occasionally seem strained, their desperate determination is never less than compelling.
50
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
An absurdist fantasy on a solemn theme, Where Do We Go Now? suffers from a serious clash of styles, but it's also brave and startlingly funny - at one point verging on "Mamma Mia!" - when it isn't bleak or shocking.
40
By the time the film takes a glib turn into role-switching farce - as Muslims become Christians and Christians become Muslims - the overall toothlessness of the satire becomes damningly apparent.
70
Could women stop war through the sedation of sex and drugs and a plot to bury every weapon in their community? Labaki has said she knows Where Do We Go Now? is a fantasy. But it's a good one, and this lovely film seems pertinent far beyond the landscape of the Middle East.
50
Slant Magazine by Nick Schager
Nadine Labaki's film awkwardly hybridizes somber politizized drama with regional humor in the style of "Waking Ned Devine" and "Calendar Girls."
58
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
The movie gets mired in these deceptive mechanics. It shows no curiosity about the hatred, so the characters seem less than whole.
60
Movieline by Stephanie Zacharek
Its occasional entertainment value aside, the picture is also blithe to the point of being flimsy.
91
The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson
What the film lacks in specificity and interest in taking sides, it makes up for in style, authentic emotion, and terrific performances.