Alzarfa: Escape from Hanhounia Hell

I genuinely don't know what I did to deserve the experience that is Al Zarfa. Maybe I wronged someone in a past life? Maybe the universe simply hates me? Because there is NO other explanation for how this movie - if we can even call it that - managed to crawl its way onto a screen in front of me.

The plot? Nonexistent. The acting? I've seen more emotion from a bag of cement. The "zarfa" itself? What even IS that? A discount giraffe? A CGI monstrosity? A poorly made plush toy possessed by the spirit of bad filmmaking? I still have nightmares.

Every scene feels like it was shot in one take, with a director who was either asleep or actively trying to sabotage the project. The dialogue? I've heard more realistic conversations in automated phone menus. And don't get me started on the editing - jump cuts, awkward pauses, random zoom-ins - it's as if the editor spilled coffee on the keyboard and just rolled with the chaos.

Watching Al Zarfa felt like an endurance test. By the 30-minute mark, I was rooting for the zarfa to go full monster mode and just end it all - for the characters, for me, for everyone involved.

In short, this movie shouldn't just be avoided - it should be locked in a vault, buried deep underground, and never spoken of again. If you're considering watching Al Zarfa, do yourself a favor: stare at a wall for two hours instead. It'll be a more fulfilling, coherent, and entertaining experience.

Tbh one of the worst Saudi films I've ever seen am laughing just because I paid for the ticket, the casting and acting isn't that good and that one important very famous actor they been promoting for didn't have that much impact maybe he's in show for only 30 minutes max and the story is pure chaos really really really bad writing that tells you that Saudi production companies only want money in their pockets instead of actually making a good story with actual actors as casting .

If we continue in this path Saudi film industry well never be spoken about in good manners and have positive reviews.

This isn't a film - it's an insult to cinema itself. A shameless waste of money and resources on brain-dead trash that degrades both the audience's intelligence and the industry's standards. Supporting garbage like this is a direct betrayal of real talent and meaningful storytelling. Those in charge are either blind, incompetent, or simply don't care. The result? Fake prestige, zero substance, and a market drowning in manufactured mediocrity.

Continuing to pump money into projects like this is proof that decision-makers either lack basic taste or have no respect for the audience. It's surface-level PR, empty exposure, and a constant cycle of hollow productions, while genuine, thought-provoking cinema gets ignored and buried under waves of forgettable trash.

The story is distracting with no main focus, letting all social media actors in for seek of hit to grab attention. Robert seen was not essential or needed, but as I said for the seek of hit.

Director and camera scenes was great which is the good side of that movie.

The movie is supposed to be mostly comedy with sense of humour, yet the audience was quite with only few shy laughs at few scenes. I believe it was not as humour as it was in the script.

I am seriously looking for other ppl reviews to make sure that all share same thought about the movie, because I was expecting more for the media hype!

The movie is bad in terms of the idea and dialogue. It has no goal and I didn't understand what he meant exactly!! It was just famous characters that were gathered and filmed without a clear scenario. I really regretted the price of the ticket and the time I spent waiting for this movie and watching it. I wished I had seen another movie and not seen this shameful work that does not live up to the taste of the Arab viewer.

To be fair, the scenes with the actor Arouj were the best I found in this film. The man has a popular and simple charisma that any viewer can accept.

I hope the production company learns from their mistakes in the future and produces films worth watching and works harder in writing them.