InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Chrysanthepop I initially thought 'Yasmin' was going to be just another preachy 9/11 aftermath flick but I was pleasantly surprised. It tells the story of a young Muslim British who leads a double life. There is a Yasmin who wears a burka when she's out in her neighbourhood, who cooks for her father and brother and who is only legally married to a potential immigrant. Then there's a Yasmin who wears modern Western clothes, hangs out at the pub with a colleague she fancies and doesn't mind an occasional drink. She knows that her family and neighbours won't accept this side of her and she knows that her colleagues won't accept the Muslim side of her. However, after 9/11 Yasmin is forced with an identity crisis and it is here that she discovers her strength and the beauty of who she really is. 'Yasmin' never goes over the top which in a way is its strength but also its weakness.The execution, for one, is too simplistic. The cinematography, the lack of score, the washed out colour look, the sound design, doesn't occasionally feels too dull. There are also some cultural clichés that 'Yasmin' seems to not have been able to escape.Archie Punjabi is marvelous in the title role. It's a tour du force performance which she plays very subtly unlike the hyped Hollywood performances that beg for an Oscar. The rest of the cast do a decent job, especially the actor playing her husband.'Yasmin' attempts to tell a different side of the aftermath of the 9/11. Even though it's not shown for more than a few minutes it's still an intriguing perspective and an important story.

crossbow0106 Most people are aware of Archie Panjabi from the film "Bend It Like Beckham", but especially from the American television series "The Good Wife" in which she plays sexy investigator Kalinda. This film gives her the opportunity to really stretch her acting chops as Yasmin, who for her family is traditional Muslim but for work at a center for the mentally challenged changes into Western clothes and spends time at a bar. The World Trade Center bombing happens and the Muslim community in this film set in the North of England are now under suspicion (there is even a note in Yasmin's locker that states "Yasmin likes Osama". She had to be told who Osama was). The film is sober, absorbing, well acted and played, especially Ms. Panjabi. If fans of "The Good Wife" check this out, they will surely be surprised to see how emotionally deep her character is. This film captures a glimpse into a post 9-11 world in which the world, especially the world depicted in this film, becomes very complicated. Recommended.

ullethestrange „Yasmin" gives a very good impression of the problems that aroused for Muslim people in England after the 9/11 incident. The film is about a young Muslim woman called Yasmin who tries to find her own identity between her two lives: that of a modern British woman and the traditional Muslim life she leads at home. She has to deal with rejection by her English colleagues, an unwanted marriage that her father has arranged for her and a brother who slips more and more into his very own world of fear, hate and terror. It is very interesting to watch Yasmin take her decisions, almost finding answers to her questions and then experiencing something that makes her change her views all over again. The tense atmosphere of the film is created by the settings; the scenes are mostly set in poorly lit, small and kind of filthy rooms which make you feel claustrophobic. And also the music of the film can make you feel uneasy. In the beginning, it is very quiet. Then Yasmin's brother Nasir starts to sing lines from the Koran, and the sound of that noise echoing in the empty streets of the town makes you shiver. I think it's sad that there is so little interaction between Yasmin and Nasir during the film. Because that means you don't really see anything of Yasmin's emotional reaction to Nasir's change of mind and his decision to join a terrorist group. I can also not comprehend Yasmin's decision to help Faisal when he comes out of prison. Before he went there, she just wanted to get rid of him. When she finally got the chance to do so, she didn't take it. Yasmin could have simply made him say "I divorce you" when he came out of prison, but she took him home and suddenly started to care for him. She also started to wear her traditional clothes when she went to town, and read the Koran. I don't believe a grown up and independent woman can change her views and her life overnight and let a book and a religion that she has never found so important before dictate her decisions. Another thing I'd like to criticize is the ending of the film. I find the very open ending kind of disappointing. In the beginning, Yasmin was confused about who she was, then 9/11 came, took her brother and her friends away, and in the end she was not really one step closer to a solution to her problems. She did change during the film, but you don't really get an answer to whether it was for the better. Maybe this is supposed to express that a solution to the problems between cultures has not yet been found and so on, but I still think the ending is lame. It kind of leaves you hanging in midair. All in all, the film is about some very bad things that happen to a poor Muslim girl, and that is very touching and exciting to watch, but it actually is what I hear and see every day. I don't have to watch a movie to learn it.

lia-antonia Kai Zimmermann"Yasmin" is a movie by Kenny Glenaan produced in 2004, and deals with Yasmin, a Pakistani woman living in an English town who tries to combine the traditional rules of Islam with her longing for freedom. Through the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Yasmin's friends distance from her because of her religion that is rubbished in public. Yasmin lives in a bogus marriage with Faysal, who arouses suspicion to have connections to terrorist organisations. Yasmin is a social worker and tries to fulfill her father's expectations. But she also loves to party with John and her other western friends. Yasmin's father does not tolerate her western lifestyle, adheres strictly to the rules of Islam and condemns the terrorist attacks at the same time. His son, Yasmin's brother Nasir, also switches between the strict rules for Muslim and the western way of life. He joins a fanatic branch after 9/11. I think Nasir is the most authentic character of the movie. I can empathise with his existence as a Pakistani living in England. The terrorist attacks make the English extremely cautious concerning the Islam and everybody knows the feeling of being excluded from a certain group or community. Kenny Glenaan points out the difficult situation of Muslims living in western societies and the prejudices we have against them and their religion. Glenaan calls attention to our identification process, too. Yasmin's way of becoming an independent woman after the divorce shows that it is worthwhile rebelling against certain rules and creating one's own way. I recommend this film because of its empathetic and pensive scenes. "Yasmin" is about a woman finding her individual lifestyle, something everybody is in search of. So it is a film for everyone.