2013 · thriller · survival
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Directed by Mira Nair2h 10m2013
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Our read: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / survival, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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