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The movie is an hour and ten minutes long; shorter than most runtimes by about 20 minutes. They should've used those extra 20 minutes to tie up some loose ends, because the movie was great until the last few minutes where we were given an ending that made the whole movie pointless.

For a movie about the liberality towards (a)theism, this is one discriminatory movie. As a Muslim, I found this movie very offensive to say the least. Usually, I remain undisturbed by the sneaky and underhanded racism and prejudice that is shown in movies, but due to the fact that I was so looking forward to watch this movie I became extremely disappointed and frustrated with the way Arab-Muslims were portrayed in this movie. An Arab-Muslim college student (played by a non-Muslim) is seen as being oppressed by her chauvinistic and abusive father who makes her do everything he says that she should. The burqa (a religious head wear) is worn by this girl and takes it off when her father is not around, because she disapproves of Islam. As she does this, a white-American girl approaches her saying that she wished the Arab-Muslim girl didn't have to wear a burqa because it is archaic and unfair, and the Muslim girl agrees saying that she does it because her father makes her. This Muslim girl is portrayed as a victim of her own religion, and her family because of something that the writers and producers of this movie do not understand. As if that is not prejudiced enough, the girl is a Christian in hiding because she is afraid of what her father might do to her. What is even more racist is that her father finds out and physically abuses her, and literally drags the girl out of the house. I was truly disappointed to see how such an open-minded movie (at first) was so inappropriate and actually narrow-minded. I hope that someday the people involved in this movie, and the people that see this movie will understand the truth and honesty of Islam.