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  Review by MK ★★★★

  Nadine Labaki's directorial debut is a refreshing womance film showing remarkable sensitivity in depiction of the lives of five women with different issues. A great example of why a female voice is important when you tell stories about women.. Loved it! Such a beautiful movie.

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  Review by Sally Jane Black 1

  Soft, slice-of-life look at five women intersecting through love with different meanings, different contexts, different correlations to their culture/society. Each different context is viewed with warmth and sympathy, but there are subtle distinctions. The only queer relationship is very quiet, very understated, but somehow more joyous than several of the straight relationships. This is a story of women, and so how they relate to men is examined--without harsh critique but also not without compassion for the women--and so the non-closure of the story seems fitting because, of course, this is observational. But it also feels like it misses an opportunity for a deeper understanding.

  Pride month: 11/30
  52 project: 51/52

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  Review by hayaaaa ★★★★ 1

  Washing someone’s hair really is the most sensual thing ever huh😔

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  Review by Graham ★★★

  ululation [ uhl-yuh-ley-shuhn ]
  a long, high-pitched trilling sound resembling a howl, or the act of making such a sound, as to express grief or joy or as part of a musical performance

  I lurrve the sound of ululation in the mornin'
  Ok, just me then... hmm, let's move on.

  Caramel is a sweet little rom-com focusing on the lives of a quintet of women and their families, doing their respective thing in downtown Beirut. Written by, directed by and starring Nadine Labaki in her feature debut, it's an easy watch but there's really nothing too remarkable here aside from the occasional vocal acrobatics.

  It does look very pretty though. So much colour.

  In unrelated news... here's a video of 2 x baby stoats: the cutest thing I've seen all week. You're welcome 💛

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  Review by nora ★★★★½

  a sweet love letter to beirut, its women and their idiosyncrasies. nadine labaki has been someone whose work i've wanted to get into for a while, and i was so charmed by this film! the comparisons to almodóvar definitely make sense, but for whatever reason this resonated emotionally a lot more than any of his films that i've seen. part of that might be because i just finished reading the lebanese novel always coca-cola by alexandra chreiteh this past week and thematically there's some overlap between these two texts, as both are about young women in beirut, sexual repression, gender dynamics, even some menstrual discourse (more in the book than this film but still! we love to see it!)

  tldr; i'm surprised this isn't mentioned more when anyone talks about films about female friendships! it's excellent and on amazon prime so hop to it!

  (lebanon done!)

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  Review by laura 1

  you get to stare at nadine labaki for 96 minutes

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  Review by Rethaam ★★★½ 2

  كان ممكن تنقص القصص عشان ماتنظلم بعضها بسبب مدة عرضها القصيرة. ومسار روز والرجل الفرنسي وليلي انا ممكن اشوف منو فيلم كامل.....

  النص الأخير لعيون نادين وفساتينها الحلوا☺️

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  Review by amira ★★★★★

  the sweetest film about women loving other women, be it in the form of friendship, family, or as lovers. throughout the entire movie you can just feel how much nadine labaki loves beirut and the women she knows and it's just all so incredibly bittersweet.

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  Review by Youssef ✨ ★★★★½

  I think I have a crush on Nadine Labaki

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  Review by karine ★★★★½

  The sensual hair washing scene made me feel Seen as a Lesbian.

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  Review by isa ★★★★½ 2

  this film brings me so much comfort it’s unbelievable.

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  Review by S A R A ★★½ 1

  كاراميل از ذَا نيو صبايا هههههههههه
  يحزن ويضحك بالوقت نفسه كيف محاولات خلق قصص حُب بائسة في بيئة مو مهيئة للحب أصلاً .

  محاولات مثيرة للشفقة لطرح مشاكل نساء بشكل مُهين لهن ، بإيطار أهم مافيه : حبني وأحبك ، روج وماسكارا وحبيبي وچوزي وختيبي 
   
  حتى المرأة العاملة ظهرت بصورة هشّة قلقها وقضيتها الكبرى تقدمها بالعمر 

  متأكدة إنّه النساء اللبنانيات العربيات يملكون طموحات أكبر وأبعد بكثير من الصورة اللي أظهرها الفيلم ، وحتى لو كان فيها نوع من الصحة لكن مو بهالسطحية والتشييء أبداً ! 

  أكره أتكلم بكل هالحِدّة لكن هذا ما شعرت به .

  التصوير وجو الفيلم بشكل عام كانوا بيرفكت ✨