Review: Inspired by real-life women warriors in Kurdistan, this movie collapses under the weight of its own noble intentions
Golshifteh Farahani stars as a former attorney turned warrior -leader in “Girls of the Sun,” a drama about female Yazidi fighters who want moral comeuppance. By Ann Hornaday Ann Hornaday Movie critic Email Bio Follow Movie critic April 17 Rating:
Although viewers may be apprehensive at the thought of a movie about the Middle East translated through the gaze of a white European proxy, once Mathilde gets to the front she meets Bahar, a former attorney who has the heart of a natural warrior. Portrayed with a combination of mournful gravitas and ferocity by Golshifteh Farahani, Bahar soon takes over the story in “Girls of the Sun,” becoming an avatar of both Kurdish self-determination and feminist catharsis.
Kurdish women battle with Islamic extremists in this noble but uneven war drama. But Husson’s script — created in collaboration with Jacques Akchoti — too often feels formulaic and didactic, with Bahar and Mathilde’s inner and external conflicts finally giving way to forced and obvious melodrama . The battle scenes, which should have the taut realism and intensity of “The Hurt Locker,” instead feel like an unconvincing series of poses cadged from earlier, better war movies.
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