me after *polite society* played a karen o track during its climax and an x-ray spex song during the credits: oh so this was MADE made for me

One thing I really liked about this movie was the lack of pandering to audiences that aren't necessarily already familiar with the cultural references. It was unapologetically authentic in telling the story from a british pakistani muslim woman standpoint. I think the fact that there weren't any "sidebar" moments to explain foreign vocabulary or traditions showed progress distinguishing it from poc media that has made it to the big screen in the recent past (not to say that this is the first/only one to do it).

As a queer Muslim art kid from a Pakistani background that had a visceral reaction when my eldest sister got married, this movie hit. It was my favorite film of the year, it is required watching for everyone in my life, I accept no criticism of it when brought up in literally any conversation. Thank you for making this video, it feels like no one outside of my community really saw it so it's always nice to see people put a spotlight on this incredible movie. That being said, the second movie that's even come close is Bottoms. Just saw it last night and that theater experience was phenomenal, everyone was laughing and enjoying it at the right times, it was magic. No two movies have ever made me feel seen like this. What a fantastic time for desi gay nerds to be alive.

I actually really enjoyed the action scenes in polite society because of how clearly they're inspired by/referencing old martial art movies like crouching tiger hidden dragon which we even see a poster of in ria's bedroom!! it also made for really beautiful shots when they were fighting in their wedding outfits

I love that the parents aren’t shoving things down their girls throats and screaming at them. It’s very subtle the constant pressure, which is much more realistic, I think. Even with parents that love you, or especially with those, it’s hard to push against what they want. It would be easier for Lena and Rhea to push back on their parents if they were easy parents to hate.

“Your cat’s a slag!” Is my favorite quote from this movie looooool Really had a blast watching it! The plot twist was very unexpected, especially since Raheela was giving “head auntie in charge” energy, having a beautiful home, handsome doctor son and being the envy of others. But I think in some ways when I think about it the plot twist makes sense, cuz in a lot of non Europeans cultures (I’m East African muslim myself) we’re meant to put on a front in society and make it seem like everything in our life is perfect. Raheela can’t complaint about her life to anyone cuz she’s living the “dream” of the other aunties she’d be coming across an ungrateful. So her villain arc in hindsight isn’t surprising. So for Raheela to be having the same internal struggles as Riya was very interesting. I know so many older traditional women in my own life who publicly put on a front and make it seem like they’re happy with how their life turned out and try to enforce the traditions onto the younger generation but when you speak with them privately they’ll open up about all the things they wish they got to pursue like education or a career but they couldn’t because of societal expectations.

I loved the action scenes. I thought it was refreshing to see a movie that was simultaneously exciting and sincerely cheesy. Wouldn’t be the same movie without them.

Honestly, "the trap of tradition" is basically how I describe conservative ideology and why I believe it to be an invalid one to hold. Traditions arent always good, some of them either become outdated with time or, in many cases, straight up werent good to begin with. Conservatives fail to realize that many traditional values they hold are restrictive and repressive, especially when you want to force that upon society through government and laws. Sorry to get a bit political there, but I felt it poingnant to mention.

while i totally agree re: the expectation for marriage for women esp "post" education, i will say - as a pakistani - that marriage is the standard for everyone. it's very much a cultural position that your life isn't complete without marriage, it's why even though salim's life is "perfect" there's still this whole to-do abt getting him married and none of the aunties question it. the eid soiree being just a pretense for matchmaking is so expected that my family and i watching it didn't question it for a second lmao. his codependency w/ his mother is such a fun thing to poke at as well and tho that's a conversation i wouldn't necessarily have outside of the community, seeing it play out so badly in a movie was pretty gratifying lmao.

I love Polite Society so much! My screening was full of tween girls and hearing them gush about how much they loved it as they left the theater really warmed my heart T~T

I was thrilled I got to see this in cinemas for my birthday, because I ADORED We Are Lady Parts. Polite Society hit it out of the park. Especially as a Jane Austen lover, it just had that perfect social realism but with a super witty take. I loved it! 💛

I adored this movie, and I loved We Are Lady Parts even more. Can’t wait for whatever Nida Manzoor blesses us with next

I am using your Outsiders video to teach my students about the expectations of masculinity. I also would love to maybe do a film study on this movie and use your video here as a way to spark discussion. Thanks for your contemplative and school-friendly content! ❤

I feel like people who complain about the fighting in this movie would be the ones complaining about people singing in a musical. "Why are they fighting all of a sudden?" BECAUSE the emotions got TOO BIG for talking, so now they have to PUNCH IT OUT, what's not clicking.

Had to skip out before the spoiler section, but I'll be back once I've seen Polite Society! Theater Camp was so wholesome and funny. My sister and I felt like dorks when we started crying during the performance at the end 😂 We Are Lady Parts was such an enjoyable show! It would be great to get a second season, but Ik I'll go back and be fulfilled rewatching the first one.

I love it when movies and shows actually do sibling relationships well.

saw this movie in an empty theater with my brother and we had the time of our lives.

Your post about this video coming up was what made me watch it a day ago, and it's now up there with Nimona for my "identify too much oh no" favorite thing so far this year. I adored it, I evangelized to friends immediately after watching, I also said I thought it was (personally) perfect. I am not a muslim woman, but I am a sadsack failed art student older sibling, and family conversations at my age are a minefield of well what do you do, are you ever getting married, etc etc, so I very personally felt for Lena (and the way Salim charmed her after she struggled to answer about her career was so wonderfully insidious, "we never let ourselves just be" was so calculated that even if he hadn't had an evil plan, that was unsettling), and even without clones, the pressure of older generations wanting you to make the lives they wished they'd had, regardless of what you want, is... oof. This was great. I'm so glad I watched it. Even the goofy-looking action, I loved it in part because it *was* goofy. Ria wants to be a stuntwoman! Drawing so much attention to the silliness of movie fights felt cohesive. I've also never seen a movie where I loved every single female character without reservation to this degree. Reheela's evil laugh alone was fantastic. We Are Lady Parts has now been shuffled onto the "when my brain works for tv series again" list. Thank you.

Welp, I immediately started watching We Are Lady Parts and I...ALREADY LOVE IT!

YESSSS I loved this movie and I'm glad you talked about it bc I really don't trust most peoples takes on it lol. I grew up in a Muslim family and went to see this in the theater with a friend of mine who was raised really strictly Christian and we both were blown away by the fact that these kinds of stories are getting to be told. Meanwhile two of the white dudes who were also in the theater with us were just loudly criticizing it's technical flaws 🙃

YESSSS i always sit up when i see you upload!!! you're one of those youtubers who produces the exact content i enjoy - critical analysis of media i haven't seen, with politics i deeply value. always something interesting and fresh from your channel. thank you so much for your work!

This is also my favourite film of the year, so great to see your take on it. I wondered if it would translate well outside of the UK, as it seemed so quintessentially British; so its great to see it worked for an international audience. Nadia Manzoor is such an important voice to be heard. This is only the second film I can recall with a British Asian woman at the centre (the first being Gurinder Chadha's excellent Bend it Like Beckham) and both share a genre defying and timeless quality. I hope that we don't have to wait another 20 years for the next voice to finally make it through to tell us the stories we want to hear.

I saw Bend It Like Beckham back in the day and liked it, so I'll probably try to see this.

So happy to see Polite Society being talked about 🎉🎉

Thanks for that "big spoiler" warning near the end, I hadn't intended to watch this film at the start of the video but by the spoiler warning, the story (via your excellent summarisation) had drawn me in and I'll definitely check this film out now with my ignorance of the dénouement intact :) A pity to miss the last two minutes of this highly diverting video but at least I got nine minutes

i loved Polite Society so much! It has a lot going on that sometimes works to its disadvantage but I was completely absorbed in the story and it's one of the best films I've seen all year. I also love that you mentioned We Are Lady Parts! I don't see many people talking about that show. I thought it was perfect. "Voldemort's alive and he's under my headscarf" gets stuck in my head all the time.

I adored this movie and how it let so many of the women characters be just fuckin' gremlins sometimes. Like it didn't make it seem like they were lesser for acting that way, but also didn't try to apologise for it or say "she has OTHER good qualities!" They just got to be fuckin' lil weirdos.

this is one of my favourite movies of the year. i went to see it with my older sister in cinemas and it was a crazy experience to feel our relationship reflected on the screen. nida manzoor never misses.

Yessss, I watched this movie by chance a couple weeks ago without seeing the trailer first or knowing anything about it and completely fell in love with it at first sight ❤️

I'm so happy seeing someone talk about this movie. I saw it before leaving new york for a trip and I was really happy seeing it blind. I couldn't stop thinking about it afterwords but didn't really see people talk about it. I don't have to vocab or intelligence to talk about it, but i bought it as soon as i could. thanks for the video

Got to see this at Sundance. It was so good. Seeing it in a theater with everyone enjoying was the best. I was thrilled when you posted about it! It's a hidden gem. Thank you for the recommendation of Lady Parts. Looking it up next.

I really miss audiences that react to films. I live in France and react loudly or at all is frowned upon sometimes. I got hushed by some dude while watching Barbie for "reacting too loudly". This part of French society I will never be able to adjust to.

Aaand pause at 2:10. I'd say that is the time it took for me to get incredibly excited about a movie I had never heard of before, but honestly that number's probably closer to about 30s! I'm sad it will be a while until I can watch the other 9 minutes and 42 seconds of this video, but now I have a wonderful-looking show AND movie to hunt down, so thank you!

absolutely LOVED polite society - i'm glad to hear the audience you saw it with were so responsive and so invested in the movie. I had a similarly great audience experience recently seeing joy ride - people in the audience were just losing it laughing the whole time haha

I just saw this last night and it has instantly become one of my favorites of the year as well.

i love polite societyy!! i watched it as soon as it came out and honestly I was looking forward to it for weeks

I loved this movie! Youve put me on to a lot of awesome films and directors lately!

I watched this movie the day before your video came out and was so excited to hear your thoughts on it, it's so lovely and the soundtrack is gorgeous!

I got about a minute into this video before I stopped it and went to go watch the movie. I hadn't heard of this movie before your video, but I had such a blast watching it that I had to come back and get your thoughts on it. Thanks for making this video! Definitely adding "We Are Lady Parts" to my watchlist.

I watched this a few weeks ago. I knew nothing about it, and my husband chose the movie. It was such a great movie. Such an unabashedly, joyfully, over the top movie. I was convinced they where vampires, then I thought maybe the son was okay and the mom was evil. Then... I loved that it really takes you on ride where anything is possible. Probably the most fun I've had with a movie since Everthing, Everywhere, all at Once.

This video made me smile and I’m excited to see this movie now. Thank you!

oooh i'm gonna watch the heck out of this, thank you for putting this on my radar

was sold by the time I got to your spoiler warning, immediately paused and watched the movie, and now I'm back to thank you so much for the recommendation of an incredible movie I would not have otherwise known existed

I stopped right before the spoilers to watch the movie. I loved it! Thank you!

Honestly almost cried during Ria’s badass performance of Maar Dala it was too good

Watched it for the first time on Friday. It was such a great movie! Def a fav of the moment. The story was captivating, funny and moving.

i saw this in the cinema and i was NOT expecting the direction it took, made me love it even more

Loved polite society, love your videos, just spent the last couple of hours watching we are lady parts, and I now have a new favourite show, so thank you :)

I hadn't heard about this movie yet. Thanks for telling me about it and for your insightful commentary.

I haven’t seen the movie yet but I’m actually glad that I watched this review before being able to check out the movie. Reviews help me with my critical analysis process while watching , which I love. It sounds like a heart warming, emotional, and moving piece of art. We need more films like that 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I likely wouldn't have heard about this movie without you as it doesn't seem to have a release date in France yet, it looks really good. I love a good sister story and I love love love stories about girls trying to follow their dreams. I'll definitely keep an eye out for this one.

holy shit. HOLY SHIT. Okay, every time I watch your videos I get away with a thousand more movies I wanna watch, but THIS one. This is like they caught live footage of me breaking down while my sister moved away and decided that they needed to change the actor, y'know? Once again thanks bestie for the absolute gem!

I saw the thumbnail and decided to watch it in cinemas - thank you for that, it was amazing :D

yes yes YES! So happy to see someone talk about this movie. Literally my favorite movie this year. Me and my partner are so far removed from being pakistani-british teenagers, and yet the themes in the film are so universally relatable that we couldnt stop cryinglaughingscreaming throughout our first watch. Thanks for the great video 💘

One of the best movies I’ve seen this year. It worked on so many levels. The characters are so well rounded and the acting is incredible.

I stopped watching this video to go find the movie. Thank you! I will pick this back up after 🎉

I have been waiting for this movie!!! I already couldn't wait to watch it bc it was about two desi sisters but now from your review it sounds like it's gonna hit even closer to home than I imagined bc this is literally my sister and I's dynamic omg like it literally felt like you were describing us when you described them. I can't wait to see now!! I am gonna return to this video after I've watched it hehe 😎

i really loved this movie, thank you so much for talking about it! i knew i was gonna watch this movie when i stumbled on the trailer for it. loved this video ❤

Love this video 🥰🥰🥰 I thought the action sequences in the film were great, no notes from me. If anything bothered me it was the fact that Lena's arc was unresolved at the end and it didn't really address what she was going to do (since there was a reason she fell in love with Salim), yet I can see why you liked that not everything was tied up in a neat bow. I also loved the supporting cast and would watch a whole video from you about why Clara and Alba are awesome if you felt like doing it xD I also loved that Ria's nemesis was redeemable and turned out to be pretty cool. This was a great analysis of the film! I should definitely check out We Are Lady Parts as well.

I loved this movie SO much! I don't have a sister but this was everything

Really looking forward to seeing this one.

I loved We Are Lady Parts so much and was so excited to see Polite Society! I really loved the movie and even though it wasnt made for me, i could see the passion and fun that went into every facet of the movie. The characters were all so engaging and fun, especially Ria and her friends/bully, and the costuming was so well done. Ive definitely been sharing it with all my friends :)

I ADORED this movie and like you, I REALLY felt it was made for/speaking to me and tons of friends and family members I’ve encountered over the years. The thing is, it’s so hard to describe something that you’re basically seeing for the FIRST time. It fills me with optimism and excitement that a movie like this is allowed to exist in and of itself. LOVE YOUR VIDS btw - thank you for continuing to share your thoughts and art with us. 🙏🤍💛💜🙏

Amazing as always 💖

I fell in love with the trailer so we went to see the movie on it's opening weekend and halfway though I could tell it would stay with me. I especially adore their sisterhood in the movie, this is a kind of sister relationship I don't think we see nearly enough in media.

Nooooo as soon as you said this was by the same person who made We Are Ladyparts I was in. I neeeeeed to see this!

I loved this movie so much! I'm pretty bummed I missed it in the theater it deserved to be seen on the big screen! ❤

God I loved this movie so much! I love We are lady parts too! This movie was something I needed in my life

I just watched this movie a couple days ago, it's so good!!

The year isnt ovwr yet but Im pretty sure it will be my best movie of the year. It reminded me of my teenage years growing in Nigeria amd my aunties constantly telling me I needed to learn how to cook and clean. As an older woman I do copk and I do clean. I have a great partner but Im still fiercely indwpendednt and have always gone for what I wanted.

I honestly loved the action sequences

I love this movie so much like the freedom of body & freedom of expression of female rage !!!!!!!!!!! It satiated sumthing deep in my spirit that i relate to in so many ways , such a needed film & also SO MUCH FUNNNNN

it's cool to see some more people talk about this film. I liked it quite a bit.

yhara zayd polite society video essay i used to pray for times like this

Great review, I stopped at the spoiler section so I can watch this!

Great commentary and great movie!

30 seconds in, already knowing I gotta hit that like button. Also taking the moment to comment while I'm feeding the insatiable algorithm anyway

i started watching this & then i stopped to watch polite society & !!!!!!!1 it was so good !!! i loved it sm & i loved hearing ur thoughts about. i also adored we are lady parts when i first watched it when it came out..... might have to rewatch it now 👀👀 i loved alba and clara sm too !!! also i gotta say as someone who is often bored by all the marvel etc action scenes i mostly found all these scenes interesting, compelling, enjoyable to watch. they felt like a loving way to emphasise the craft of stunts & action sequences and they were part of the plot in a way that felt meaningful & not just sooo boring and like macho and showy !

the ending was *chef's kiss*

I finally got to watch the film and it was fabulous!!!

it has my heart too

i saw this movie in the theatre and loved it!

I loved this movie when I saw it in theaters💗(it reminded me of my relationship with my sister I gotta tell her to watch the movie)

I really enjoyed this movie, but the scene where the older sister admits that she gave up on being an artist and settled for an expected life because she "wasn't good enough," while you are still living with your parents, trying to publish a book and write a pilot for that fantasy series you hope to make... yeah, I might not be anything like that girl (quite the opposite, in fact), but that put me in a funk in a way I wasn't expecting. So thank GOD Ria's two friends were as funny as they were. II needed that.

My ex-partner was born into the Muslim faith but left cause he was gay and I wish we got to see more of those kinds of "taboo" stories 🤷🏽‍♀️

if you loved PS you need to find a copy of Fighter aka Fightgirl, a 2007 by Natasha Arthy.

Shout out to the Plaza Theatre. They consistently host the best film events. Especially when they work with Videodrome 💕

I haven't seen this movie yet, but I hope to see it soon. And knowing this movie is about a sister going through a depression while trying to finish college?

I have stopped watching this at the spoiler part bc yeah I think I'll check it out ty :)

Hey as a newcomer to your channel, could you make a video on how to analyze films like you do?

i had no idea this movie existed but now i gotta skip the spoiler section so i can go check it out!! i also absolutely love we are ladyparts

"My heart" DAWWWWW 🥹🥹🥹

5:32 Just a great moment in the movie.

the trailer did this movie so dirty, I saw it without knowing I was going in to and thought it was fantastic!

Yes, yes, yes, and YES!!!!!!! Polite Society was also made for me as well as this brilliant video essay!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Engagement for the engagement god!

Dyou know what else this movie has? Bad ass fight scenes that are 100% fun!

Fun Film.

Hell yes

I'm Jewish myself and while I am 100% aware that muslim and jewish cultures are different (to an extent), it's disturbing how well it captures my fears. I'm already struggling with the concept of getting pregnant before I'm 30 (I'm 20). But that in addition to me working out my asexuality is a complicated matter for me. Again I know this film isn't for my demographic but fuck me it's eerie.