Shahr zii aleasal

I watched this movie out of curiosity. "Romantic Comedy" and "Kuwait" are not words you usually think of together. Also I wanted to see how much romance would make it into a Kuwaiti movie.

"Honeymoonish" is flawed but it has its moments. The best thing in the movie is the male lead, Mahmoud Boushahri, as Hamad. Bousharhri is bursting with charm and charisma and he is very handsome.

Hamad is the serious and ambitious son of a wealthy businessman. His father tells Hamad that he must marry in order to advance in the company.

Boushahri perfectly captures Hamad's seriousness and ambition.

Noor (Noor Al Ghandour) is a fitness teacher who loves Youssef. Youssef dumps Noor because he is forced to marry his cousin, as is customary in their culture. To get back at Youssef, Noor wants to marry immediately. Her needs and Hamad's needs meet, and they marry, though they met only once.

The movie gets bogged down in repetitive scenes of Noor yearning for Youssef and Noor having over the top temper tantrums. She yells and screams a lot and her instability and childishness is unattractive. The script writers clearly don't have a positive view of women. Not surprising given the cultural context.

But Boushahri's charisma and his chemistry with Noor work very well for the film. Also, the film is a fun watch because of all the fantasy settings -- Middle Eastern playgrounds of the idle rich. Swanky hotels and beaches.

Noor Al Ghandour, the female lead, is gorgeous and she really deserves a better script that shows a tad more respect for a female lead. And less lip filler, please.

I wish I could watch another film with these two leads.