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Four Lions (2010)

Directed by Christopher Morris

Comedy

Most recently watched by Allison, GMOM65, zombiefreak, sensoria, noahphex, jenerator

Overview

A group of Muslim men living in Sheffield hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers.

Rated R | Length 97 minutes

Actors

Riz Ahmed | Nigel Lindsay | Kayvan Novak | Adeel Akhtar | Arsher Ali | Preeya Kalidas | Benedict Cumberbatch | Julia Davis | Craig Parkinson | Wasim Zakir | Mohammad Aqil | Karl Seth | Waleed Elgadi | Alex MacQueen | Shameem Ahmad | Jonathan Maitland | Marcus Garvey | Darren Boyd | Kevin Eldon | Adil Mohammed Javed

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
04/08/2011TVStreamingVideo on Demand4 stars
 

Viewing Notes

FOUR LIONS has some comedic balls. Taking a subject like Suicide Bombers into a comedy is a risky thing. Thankfully, director Christopher Morris makes it work here and FOUR LIONS works on all levels. Funny, but not pandering to an audience, Morris weaves jokes in and out of the story without pausing to see if you “got it.” It’s this approach that really makes me love the movie and makes it ripe for revisiting.

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