Arranged | 
 enlarge | Director: Diane Crespo;stefan C. Schaefer
Actors: Zoe Lister-jones, Francis Benhamou, Marcia Jean Kurtz, John Rothman, Mimi Lieber
Studio: Film Movement
Category: DVD
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 21894
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: RPNDFM92552D
UPC: 616892945529
EAN: 0616892945529
ASIN: B00116VG3M
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: March 4, 2008
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Studio: Repnet Llc Release Date: 03/04/2008 Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Nr
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 A nice alternative to the mainstream movies December 20, 2008
Wanda Grant (elizabeth, nj)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can see why this movie would never become a blockbuster hit considering the taste of mainstream america. I search for movies with substance and this movie definately hits the mark. I do not belong to either culture but can easily relate to the pressure both women, Rochel and Nasira were going through with the American society and their families. I also applauded the fact that the two women CHOSE to embrace their cultures and follow tradition with the arranged marriage. They did not settle but held out for men who they felt true compatibility with. This was an excellent film!
 Sky High November 6, 2008
Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Arranged" was as entertaining as it was moving. Directors Stefan C. Schaefer & Diane Crespo keep the action focused and the story paced briskly. Rochel is played by Zoe Lister-Jones who does an excellent job as a Jewish girl teaching in the public schools. She helps a visually impaired student. The uncertainty Lister-Jones shows as she sorts through a number of suitors including Daniel London's hilariously played nervous guy cameo as Elliot is entrancing to watch. Finally, Rochel spots Gideon played mysteriously by Jason Liebman who catches her eye & then becomes the apple of her eye.
Nasira is played by Francis Benhamou who does an excellent job as the Islamic teacher at the same school where Rochel teaches. As first teaching days sometimes go, one of the students demands to know if Nasira wants to kill Rochel because of their different faiths. Benhamou does an excellent job showing a bit more assertive personality than Rochel and takes matters into her own hands to unite Rochel & Gabriel. Nasira eventually is moved by Jamil played by Sanjit DeSilva as the two are united through the traditional channels.
Both the fathers are portrayed as loving and tender who truly care for their daughters. This is one of the best aspects of the film. John Rothman plays Matan who claims his blood pressure is going sky high because Rochel is not picking any of the husband candidates. Laith Nakli plays Nasira's father Abdul-Halim likewise with a tenderness that makes us feel how strong the family bonds are. Marcia Jean Kurtz also turns in a strong performance as Principal Jacoby who wants to get too involved in the lives of her teachers, but fails to respect the traditional cultures. "Arranged" was named Best Film at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. It is an excellent old-world romantic film that stresses tolerance and friendship. Enjoy!
Do you take this man . . . October 5, 2008
Ronald Scheer (Los Angeles)
Two women of different and often hostile cultures find it far easier to make friends with each other than find husbands to their liking. That's the given in this sometimes comic tale of a young Orthodox Jewish woman and her Muslim colleague at a Brooklyn school. Both have parents intent on getting them married. Both find the men that are available boring, crude, or diffident. Give credit to the screenwriters for suggesting that their holding out for Mr. Right has a lot to do with the men who are their fathers - both of them caring and thoughtful providers for their families. Who wouldn't want a husband of that caliber?
I was charmed by this pleasantly (and finally) romantic comedy, which presents conservative religious and ethnic traditions in a way that does not condemn them. There are many secular viewers who, like the school principal, find arranged marriages oppressive and will continue to feel that way after seeing this movie. With a best case scenario, the filmmakers show us an alternative to all that, and you're free to go along with them or not. It's that kind of movie.
loved it September 12, 2008
deeper waters (Michigan, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
simple without being simplistic, "Arranged" reinforces the truth that there is great unity within diversity and diversity within unity. The characters and the story are believable and offer insight into the traditions of religiously observant families. Everyone carries with them the attitudes and practices of their cultural upbringing and the challenge is how one CHOOSES to integrate them into their own life and the importance of discovering what it is that really matters to us and why.
exclusion and embrace September 8, 2008
Daniel B. Clendenin (www.journeywithjesus.net)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rachel is a twenty-two year old Orthodox Jew. Nasira is a Syrian Muslim. It would appear that they have little in common. Not true. They both teach at a public school in Brooklyn, and they befriend each other as they both struggle with the tensions that arise between their conservative religious families and the larger, secular world in which they live and work. Their principal makes fun of their religious values, their students assume that all Jews and Muslims hate each other, and their families are visibly upset when they visit each other's home. These tensions come in to sharp relief when both Rachel and Nasira negotiate the prospects of marriages that are strictly arranged by their families. This is a great movie about individual choice and personal identity within the greater push and pull of family, culture, gender roles, ethnicity, and religion.
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