Halal Daddy
{{Short description|2017 Irish-French film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Halal Daddy
| image = Halal Daddy poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Conor McDermottroe
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Hermann Florin
- Ailish McElmeel
}}
| screenplay = Conor McDermottroe
Mark O'Halloran
| based_on =
| starring = Sarah Bolger
Colm Meaney
David Kross
Art Malik
| music = Matthias Weber
| cinematography = Mel Griffith
| editing = Alexander Dittner
Constantin von Seld
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2017|06|26|Edinburgh}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = France
Ireland
Germany
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Halal Daddy is a 2017 Irish-German-French comedy film featuring Sarah Bolger, Colm Meaney, David Kross and Art Malik.{{cite magazine|last=Young|first=Neil|title='Halal Daddy': Film Review; Edinburgh 2017|date=11 July 2017|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/halal-daddy-1018470|accessdate=4 July 2018}}
Plot
Raghdan Aziz, a young British-Indian Muslim man, has moved out of his strict parents' home in Bradford, England to live with his aunt and uncle in Sligo, Ireland. He enjoys spending time with his girlfriend Maeve and his two best friends Derek and Omar. Then his father Amir arrives, with a plan to turn a local abattoir into a halal butcher's shop.
Cast
- Sarah Bolger as Maeve Logan
- Colm Meaney as Martin Logan
- Art Malik as Amir Aziz
- David Kross as Jasper
- Jerry Iwu as Neville
- Mark O'Halloran as Omar
- Nikesh Patel as Raghdan Aziz
- Paul Tylak as Jamal Aziz
- Deirdre O'Kane as Doreen Murphy
- Gina Costigan as Magda
- Stephen Cromwell as Derek
- Maria McDermottroe as Lorraine
- Donal O'Kelly as Leonard
Reception
The film has a 43% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews, with an average rating of 6/10.{{cite web|title=Halal Daddy|work=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halal_daddy/|accessdate=27 October 2022}} Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent awarded the film two stars.{{cite news|last=Whitington|first=Paul|title=Movie reviews: Baby Driver, Halal Daddy, A Man Called Ove, Risk|date=1 July 2017|newspaper=Irish Independent|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-reviews-baby-driver-halal-daddy-a-man-called-ove-risk-35879730.html|accessdate=1 July 2018}} Hilary A. White of the Sunday Independent awarded it three stars.{{cite news|last=White|first=Hilary A.|title=Film review - Baby Driver: Foxx stands out amongst the cast|date=3 July 2017|newspaper=Sunday Independent (Ireland)|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-reviews/film-review-baby-driver-foxx-stands-out-amongst-the-cast-35883098.html|accessdate=1 July 2018}} Sarah McIntyre of RTÉ.ie gave the film four stars out of five.{{cite web|last=McIntyre|first=Sarah|title=Halal Daddy is the feelgood Irish movie of the summer|date=4 July 2017|publisher=RTÉ.ie|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/movie-reviews/2017/0626/882500-halal-daddy/|accessdate=1 July 2018}} Donald Clarke of The Irish Times gave it three stars out of five.{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Donald|title=An Irish comedy about a Muslim abattoir? Pull the other one|date=29 June 2017|newspaper=The Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/an-irish-comedy-about-a-muslim-abattoir-pull-the-other-one-1.3135498|accessdate=1 July 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|2955304}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|halal_daddy}}
Category:English-language French films
Category:English-language German films