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- “Polite Society,” a rollicking genre mash-up, is set in an enclave of well-to-do Muslim Londoners who play along with the comedy’s title until they get cranky.
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Apr 27, 2023 · A mishmash of genres safety-pinned together with a reliance on recognisable stock characters and narrative beats, Polite Society is saved from cliché by an anarchic sense of fun and Ria’s punk sensibility.
A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, POLITE SOCIETY follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from...
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- Nida Manzoor
- PG-13
- Priya Kansara
Apr 27, 2023 · Polite Society — British-Pakistani life gets a madcap kung-fu mash-up. First-time feature director Nida Manzoor turns the tale of two sisters and an arranged marriage into a fizzy action...
Apr 27, 2023 · “Polite Society,” a rollicking genre mash-up, is set in an enclave of well-to-do Muslim Londoners who play along with the comedy’s title until they get cranky.
- Raheela & Salim’s Nefarious Plans Explained
- Why Lena Doesn’T Believe Ria About Salim
- What Ria Would’Ve Lost If Lena Had Married Salim
- What Happened to Salim’s First Wife?
- How Raheela’S Scheme Upholds The Patriarchy
- Why Kovacs Decides to Help Ria & Her Friends
- What’s Next For Lena: Will She Return to Art School?
- The Real Meaning of Polite Society’s Ending
Raheela and Salim worked together to bait women into marrying Salim, with the latter charming women on dates, making sure he was the utter gentleman, before proposing to them. It wasn’t marriage or love that Salim wanted at all; he wanted to marry so that he could work discreetly on his testing and experimentation. Salim’s OB expertise would bring ...
Lena wants to move past being a failed artist, and Ria’s insistence that Lena shouldn’t marry Salim makes the elder sibling more stubborn about doing just that. Lena loves her sister, but she also feels like Ria doesn’t fully understand why Lena’s making such a decision. Admitting the truth, that Lena doesn’t think she’s a good artist, would have h...
Ria’s intense feelings about Lena getting married so quickly wasn’t simply about losing her big sister to marriage. Ria knew that if Lena married Salim, she would have essentially given up on her dreams of ever being an artist. If someone as talented as Lena could so easily discard her art and potential, then there was no hope for Ria realizing her...
Salim was married before, but his wife died in childbirth. What he leaves out is that she likely died because of the testing he was doing on her. Despite Salim being a successful OB, it could be that carrying a clone of his mother would have its fair share of complications, and that likely affected her in ways that a regular pregnancy would not hav...
By wanting to live a full life by way of her clone, Raheela is preventing another woman from doing the same. She treats Lena like a vessel instead of a person, putting her in a situation she did not consent to and in which she wasn’t told the truth. Raheela was only thinking about herself and achieving her own dreams. Her actions essentially uphold...
Kovacs is Ria’s school bully, and the two are always battling each other in the hallways. However, Kovacs decides to help Ria not only because she promises to do her homework for the rest of the year, but because Kovacs — who doesn’t see her dad very often — knows what it feels like to not have someone you love around all the time. Kovacs’ decision...
Lena admits that she might not be a good artist, and her art school dropout status likely made her feel like she wasn’t going to achieve her dreams. She was fine with getting married because it was what her parents, and society, wanted. But after her disastrous wedding and seeing Ria’s excitement after hearing back from Eunice Huthart, it’s possibl...
Polite Society highlights how societal pressures stemming from patriarchal structures influence a woman’s future and sense of self, including how some women uphold patriarchal structures and gaslight others to ensure they maintain power. When no one expects much from Lena’s future besides marriage and childbearing, she is seen as a failure, and her...
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Apr 24, 2023 · But Polite Society is a beast all on its own – a glorious mash-up of the best of British comedy, with the sparkling wit of the Cornetto trilogy and the likability of some of the sharper Richard...
Feb 2, 2023 · is a fun, spirited and charming genre mash-up: Sundance Film Festival Review. Polite Society tells the story of two Pakistani-Muslim sisters in London; plucky Ria ( Priya Kansara ), who dreams of being a stuntwoman, and Lena ( Ritu Arya ), her world-weary older sister who wants to be an artist.
