May in the Summer

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May in the Summer

R

2014

1h 37m

Comedy

Drama

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May seems to have it all until she travels to Jordan to plan her wedding. There, she runs into family chaos: Her mother threatens to boycott the wedding; her younger sisters treat her like a mother; and her estranged father suddenly returns.

Roxana Hadadi

Punch Drunk Critics

01/09/2017

3/5

While May in the Summer paints a compelling family portrait, May remains a largely opaque character, so the film doesn't totally deliver as a tale of her self-discovery.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

04/16/2015

Dabis's character comes off as a self-serving fantasy.

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

09/04/2014

3/4

Dabis covers a lot of ground as a storyteller while delivering a smart, focused performance.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

08/30/2019

Plays as if it's quite undecided about whether it wants to be a socially aware comedy of cultural clashes or, unfortunately, a murky melodrama that pulls out all the subtle stops when it decides to stop spinning.

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

08/09/2016

If you're looking for a deep reflection on Jordan and the Middle East, this isn't the film for you. [Full review in Spanish]

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Manu Yáñez

Fotogramas

08/09/2016

The film itself is very regular, but when the family drama kicks in everything gets more interesting. [Full review in Spanish]

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Claudio C

@Claudio666 1d

Mother and Daughters (12,402 – 20 Apr 2026 – Claudio Carvalho) The writer May (Cherien Dabis) travels from New York to her hometown in Jordan to organize her wedding with her fiancé, Columbia Professor Oum Ziad (Haifa Agha). Her divorced mother Nadine (Hiam Abbass) tells May that she will not go to the wedding since Ziad is Muslim and she is evangelical. May meets her sister Dalia (Alia Shawkat) and Yasmine (Nadine Malouf); visits her father Edward (Bill Pullman) and his wife Anu (Ritu Singh Pande); and befriends the touristic guide Karim (Elie Mitri). Along the days, family secrets are disclosed and May has cold feet. "May in the Summer" (2013) is a simple film about a woman that returns to her hometown to plan her wedding and makes discovers about her family, leading her to call off the marriage. The plot is realistic and the acting top-notch. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): "O Casamento de May" ("May’s Wedding") My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/

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01/31/2015

El trailer se miraba mÃ¡s divertido que la pelÃcula en si. Venden una comedia pero es en realidad un drama de telenovela de medio oriente.

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09/04/2014

I am interested in seeing this movie as I relate on a few fronts and it will be interesting to see how the story is handled.

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01/27/2013

Convincing only at first sight. In reality a pretty rosy picture of the situation.

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Synopsis

May seems to have it all until she travels to Jordan to plan her wedding. There, she runs into family chaos: Her mother threatens to boycott the wedding; her younger sisters treat her like a mother; and her estranged father suddenly returns.

Director: Cherien Dabis
Producer: Cherien Dabis, Beau J. Genot, Alix Madigan, Joy Goodwin
Screenwriter: Cherien Dabis
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.0K
Runtime: 1h 37m

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