AltWeeklies Wire
Hair and Feelingsnew
This Lebanese chick flick is entertaining enough, even if Cylons are few and far between.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
Nadine Labaki on Her Lebanese Chick Flick 'Caramel'new
"Women living in the Middle East face a lot of confusing influences, the confusion between East and West," she says. "I liked the idea of five different women, with five different viewpoints and at different points in their lives, connecting through a beauty salon."
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
'Caramel' Sticksnew
Labaki's film teases with romantic possibilities that don't evolve predictably.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
The Lebanese 'Fried Green Tomatoes'new
It's nothing we haven't seen before, women in joyous, sensual solidarity that's only slightly marred by the preservative tang of a manufactured moment. But there's something about the mise-en-scene that erodes our reluctance to sink into whatever this luxuriant movie has to offer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
02-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
The Shop Around the Cornernew
Romantic comedy celebrates the women of Beirut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
Chick Flick Goes Eastnew
If the gently amusing Lebanese romcom Caramel primarily intends to neutralize the mass media perception of its home country, then the deed is done.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
