The Infidel The Infidel

A Comedy Of Ethnic Proportions

From acclaimed writer and comedian David Baddiel comes the smash hit British comedy of the year! Mahmud (Omid Djalili – star comic, Sex and The City 2) is a loving husband, doting father and an admittedly “relaxed” Muslim. A normal guy living an everyday life. That is until a chance discovery turns his life upside down, throwing him into a full-scale identity crisis: it turns out he’s adopted, and was actually born Jewish. Featuring an all-star cast of Djalili, Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Matt Lucas (Little Britain), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) and Miranda Hart (BBC2’s Miranda), The Infidel is a hilarious and feel good story that will have you roaring with laughter. Oy Vey.

Archie Panjabi Omid Djalili Matt Lucas Richard Schiff Yigal Naor Stewart Scudamore James Floyd Leah Fatania Stuart Antony Scott Walters Mina Anwar Amit Shah Soraya Radford Ravin J. Ganatra Christian Lees Jonah Lees Miranda Hart Chris Wilson Niraj Naik Madison Cole

comedy indie foreign drama

105 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Dave Adamson

    Review by Dave Adamson ★★½

    Devoted, though not necessary to the religion, Muslim father discovers he's actually Jewish and has to learn about Jewish life in order to meet his critically ill father, whilst tackling the fact his son wants to marry the daughter of an extremist and juggling hiding the truth from all and sundry.

    It's a contentious subject, though relatively well handled. It doesn't have the satire of Four Lions, or the humour, being a more commercial offering. Imagine Citizen Khan and My Family and you're not far off.

    It is, however, saved by a committed performance by Omid Djalili and a raft of familiar (to UK audiences) comedy face.

  • Om Ingram

    Review by Om Ingram ★★½

    There's a bit of pointed humor,smoke borderline offensive humor and a very funny turn by Richard Schiff. It doesn't really commit to anything until the very end where we get a watered down advocation of moderation.

  • Nurul Basher

    Review by Nurul Basher ★★½

    This is a nice little film to see on a Thursday night. It is a good balanced view of Muslims and Jews (the film was written by a Jew) and it was quite balanced and good to watch.

    The last act was really bad though. You could see they didnt know how to end this film and ending up with a bit of a soapbox moment. Then on top the big resolution that was really forced and didnt track with the rest of the film. It was good but really let down at the end.

  • Russell Dean

    Review by Russell Dean ★★

    Would have been a great 30 minute short. At 90 minutes, it's just spread too thin.

  • yureegasven

    Review by yureegasven ★★★ 4

    lel

  • russel

    Review by russel ★★

    the only joke in this movie is the actual movie

  • Dominic Vercetti

    Review by Dominic Vercetti ★★

    Not as funny as the titles makes it out to be. It's less of a comedy and instead a satirical film based off today's ongoing war and issues between the Islamic and Jewish.

  • Thom McKiernan

    Review by Thom McKiernan ★

    Awful. Not funny, just embarrassing.

  • Mark C

    Review by Mark C ★★½ 13

    So, there was this Muslim right? Except, he wasn't...he was actually a Jew

    The Infidel takes this potentially controversial premise, the kind of thing that Spike Milligan would have made a hilarious and totally non PC sketch about for Q6 in the 70s, and makes a rather safe and ultimately flat movie.

    I think I'd rather have seen a Milligan take on it.

    I must confess I've never been a fan of the film's writer, David Baddiel, finding him living proof that the stereotype that all Jews are funny simply isn't true. Baddiel is a smug, self satisfied, pretentious hanger on of the British comedy scene, clutching on tight to far funnier people such as Rob Newman, and even the…