Elect Mother of Ali
Seen it?1993 | 210 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of politics junkies and anyone looking to switch off and smile. Power and ambition drive every scene. If you loved Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- A big, patient story, at 3 hr 30 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 3 hr 30 min.
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
A Kuwaiti comedy play that talks about the period that followed the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion. The play cynically dealt with the issue of women entering the political battlefield through Umm Ali (Ansar Al-Sharah) mother, wife and housewife who decides to run in the parliamentary elections and faces many problems and strange situations .
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
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- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Najaf Jamal
- Dawood Husseinأبو حمد
- Entesar Alsharahأم علي
- Abdullrahman Al-Aqelعلي / النائب
- Khalel Esmailأبو علي
- Mohamed ElAjaimeأستاذ سنبل / أبو فواز / أبو مجبل
- Abd Al-Nasser Darweeshجمال / أم عهدي
- Mona Abdul Majeed
- Abdullah Al-Otaibi
- Sabah Al-Diqaaq
- Abdul Mohsen Al-Suhail