Polite Society

2023 104 min ★ 6.2 Comedy, Action, Drama

Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

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Cast

Priya Kansara

Ria Khan

Ritu Arya

Lena

Shobu Kapoor

Fatima

Ella Bruccoleri

Alba

Seraphina Beh

Clara

Shona Babayemi

Kovacs

Nimra Bucha

Raheela

Jeff Mirza

Raff

Akshay Khanna

Salim Shah

Renu Brindle

Mrs. Nawaz

Details

Director

Nida Manzoor

Tagline

"Big trouble. Little sister."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Working Title Films

Reviews

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Manuel São Bento

January 23, 2023

★ 7/10

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/polite-society-review-sundance-2023 "Polite Society looks straight out of a comic book. Endlessly energetic, witty humor, and packed with pretty great stunts. Nida Manzoor's quick edits, slow-motion, and stylistic title cards make this a distinctively fun feature debut. Not perfect, but the over-the-topness of it all brought it...

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CinemaSerf

May 15, 2023

★ 7/10

I was really quite pleasantly surprised by this lively comedy that has as much to do with an episode of "Dr Who" as it does with the traditional family-based rom-com. "Lena" (Ritu Arya) falls hook line and sinker for the handsome (and wealthy) "Salim" (Akshay Khanna) but her savvy sister "Ria" (Prima Kansara) smells a rat. It's all going too smoothy, too quickly - and her otherwise quite rebelliou...