movie poster for THE INFIDEL

Flicks ID

16005

Cert

15

Running time

100 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE INFIDEL (2009)

JOSH APPIGNANESI

Plot

Mahmud is a happily married 'relaxed' Muslim, whose life is thrown into disorder when he discovers that he was not only adopted but his real parents were Jewish. Mahmud turns to grumpy taxi-driver Len for a cultural course in Jewishness and the film is at its best when these two are together. With its roots in stand-up comedy 'Infidel' is an often extremely funny film replete with one liners and sketches. If it has a weakness the sub-plot of Mahmud's son getting hitched to a mujihad cleric's daughter isn't as good as the rest.