Polite Society


Polite Society

Overview:

Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Votes 40 (6.8/10)

Runtime: 103 minutes

Release Date 2023-04-27

Website: Link

Tagline: Big trouble. Little sister.

Production company:

  • Working Title Films
  • Parkville Pictures
  • Focus Features

Production country:

  • United Kingdom

Genres:

  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy

Trailer

Further Information

Ria Khan
Priya Kansara
Priya Kansara
Lena
Ritu Arya
Ritu Arya
Fatima
Shobu Kapoor
Shobu Kapoor
Alba
Ella Bruccoleri
Ella Bruccoleri
Clara
Seraphina Beh
Seraphina Beh
Kovacs
Shona Babayemi
Shona Babayemi
Raheela
Nimra Bucha
Nimra Bucha
Raff
Jeff Mirza
Jeff Mirza
Salim Shah
Akshay Khanna
Akshay Khanna
Mrs. Nawaz
Renu Brindle
Renu Brindle
Mrs. Abbas
Rekha John-Cheriyan
Rekha John-Cheriyan
Edith
Sally Ann
Sally Ann
Ms. Spence
Jenny Funnell
Jenny Funnell
Kovacks
Sona Babayeva
Sona Babayeva
Mrs. Iqbal
Sophie Aisling
Sophie Aisling
Mrs. Ahmed
Su McLaughlin
Su McLaughlin
Jezah
Tia Dutt
Tia Dutt
Eunice Huthart (voice)
Eunice Huthart
Eunice Huthart
Producer
Tim Bevan
Tim Bevan
Producer
Eric Fellner
Eric Fellner
Makeup & Hair
Alison Hanken
Alison Hanken
Director of Photography
Ashley Connor
Ashley Connor
Director
Nida Manzoor
Nida Manzoor
Writer
Nida Manzoor
Nida Manzoor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Paddy Eason
Paddy Eason
Producer
Olivier Kaempfer
Olivier Kaempfer
Editor
Robbie Morrison
Robbie Morrison
Sound Designer
Jay Price
Jay Price
Supervising Sound Editor
Jay Price
Jay Price
Sound Effects Editor
Dario Swade
Dario Swade
Production Design
Simon Walker
Simon Walker
Original Music Composer
Tom Howe
Tom Howe
Makeup Designer
Claire Carter
Claire Carter
Visual Effects Producer
Bhumika Mayer
Bhumika Mayer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Simon Hill
Simon Hill
Makeup Supervisor
Melanie Lindsey
Melanie Lindsey
Makeup & Hair
Celia Wright
Celia Wright
Executive Producer
John Pocock
John Pocock
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tushar Manek
Tushar Manek
Assistant Art Director
Philippa Mumford
Philippa Mumford
Costume Design
PC Williams
PC Williams
Original Music Composer
Shez Manzoor
Shez Manzoor
Art Direction
Sophie Lockwood
Sophie Lockwood
Standby Art Director
Ellie Jones
Ellie Jones
Art Direction
James Cross
James Cross
Visual Effects Supervisor
Des Anwar
Des Anwar
Set Decoration
Mandy Sorrin
Mandy Sorrin
Makeup Artist
Linda Azma
Linda Azma
Makeup & Hair
Sarah Edwards-Knight
Sarah Edwards-Knight
Makeup Supervisor
Lyndsey Jewell
Lyndsey Jewell
Makeup Artist
Tonee Roberio
Tonee Roberio
Costume Supervisor
Justin Selway
Justin Selway
Second Assistant Director
Darren Baba
Darren Baba

MSB

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/polite-society-review-sundance-2023 "Polite Society looks straight out of a comic book. Endlessly energetic, witty humor, and packed with pretty great stunts. Nida Manzoor's quick edits, slow-motion, and stylistic title cards make this a distinctively fun feature debut. Not perfect, but the over-the-topness of it all brought it home for me." Rating: B

CinemaSerf

I was really quite pleasantly surprised by this lively comedy that has as much to do with an episode of "Dr Who" as it does with the traditional family-based rom-com. "Lena" (Ritu Arya) falls hook line and sinker for the handsome (and wealthy) "Salim" (Akshay Khanna) but her savvy sister "Ria" (Prima Kansara) smells a rat. It's all going too smoothy, too quickly - and her otherwise quite rebellious sister has taken to wearing cardigans! The potential mother-in-law "Raheela" (the always over-dressed Nimra Bucha) exudes a certain menacing quality that soon has the sibling doing a bit of detective work of her own, aided by her two friends from school (whose inclusion in the drama is annoyingly superfluous!). Anyway, what now ensues is generally quite an entertaining, fairly action-packed, series of martial arts escapades that feature some dancing; high fashion; breaking and entering and - some old fashion Dolly-style cloning! The soundtrack is vibrant and the entire thing is just all over the place enough to stay interesting for most of the hundred minutes of screen time. It's unlikely to be a film you will remember, nor does it need to be seen in a cinema - but it's still an amiable enough, pretty far-fetched, effort from all concerned that passes the time effortlessly.

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