Shirin in Love

I watch "Bridget Jones Diary" and "Sleepless in Seattle" again and again because they are good romantic comedies that make me feel good. Like these films, "Shirin in Love" is a pleasure-a warm funny movie that hits every note I need home alone on a Saturday night. Apart from the well-known talent Amy Madigan, the film is beautifully cast-from the star leading lady Nazanin Boniadi and her (possibly) leading man Riley Smith to some very funny cameos from Anita Khalatbari as the heroine's mother and George Wallace as Officer Washington. The soundtrack is great too, and I hope will be released-and its a good looking film. But the main thing for me is the story and I love it.

Apparently the person who wrote the original review of this movie was Persian. He did not like this movie, but probably because the beautiful Persian woman falls in love with the WHITE GUY not the middle eastern guy. Silly doctor! This IS a chick flick, and I've got more news for you. WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN in this world. FURTHERMORE we are SMARTER than men. We don't all go out to be doctors or lawyers or Indian chiefs (american indians, of course), but that is easily explained. WOMEN MADE society, NOT MEN. Men are like male lions, only needed to to breed to make more more of their species, and occasionally come in and help kill the bigger game animals. Otherwise the female lions do NOT NEED the male lion. Same thing with WOMEN. We don't need men, MEN need US. I loved this movie, it has a happy ending, even though it is built off a silly premise... that an Iranian-American woman would just fall in love with a guy she doesn't know diddlysquat about, but hey, as a woman I'm here to tell y'all that is 'the' definition of a chick-flick after all. They are always built on baloney scenarios. The worst part of this movie was the mother of the female lead, because she had obviously had a terrible face lift. I haven't seen eyebrows that high up on a forehead since I last had tea with the late Mary Kay.

Despite my lack of love for chick flicks, and that is coming from a woman, I really enjoyed this film. Yes it is a chick flick but it shows life learning experiences and it's not your normal cliché COMPLETE happy ending. Putting two completely different cultures together is what made it interesting as well. There's so much to learn from Persian culture and seeing an American in a Persian setting can be comical. The actors were amazing. From Nazanin Boniadi to Riley Smith and Maz Jobrani who brings even more humor to the table along side Max Amini. They both did a good job of making their characters shine and make you laugh in almost every scene they are in. You can tell that they all worked together to bring the script to life. Overall, I found the storyline intriguing and the settings from northern California breath taking as well. I think that the film did a good job of keeping me drawn in like a good film should.

Shirin in Love is a movie about a young lady following tradition and getting engaged to a successful plastic surgeon and although she has a very successful prodession as well Shirin wants to become a professional journalists and to get her career kicked off Sjirin gets assistance from working for her mothers magazine and Shirin reviews Novels and their authors.

Nazanin Boniadi plays Shirin and while watching this movie I was like I have seen her before and while doing my IMDB research I noticed that she played Ferah Sherazi in Homeland and I remember that performance and it was excellent and this role is no different well performed.

The only issue I had with her Character Shirin in this movie is the fact that she is actually 12 years younger than Maz Jobrani playing Mike her Fiance and it was like watching Shirin getting married to a father figure.

We also had another standup comedian also in this movie actually good mates with Maz Jobrani and that is Max Amini he plays Ed a chiropracter that loves fixing ladies tail bones :) Having two standup comedians there was a lot of jokes and it was really funny. But my favourite joke was from Shirin and it was all about having a good head and I am keeping that clean because it was said another way.

The musci was great a mix of Persian and English songs that fit well. You also if you pay attention can see the singer Andy in the movie and Black Cats both are well known Persian musical stars.

The movie has heart and you really will enjoy this light romantic comedy and I highly recommend this to the Persian community to understand its ok to allow your kids to Marry outside your cultural and religious backgrounds.. Add this to your list and watch this with your partner.

Shirin in Love is one of those adorable rom coms that will completely melt the heart. It will make you laugh. It will give you that tickle in your stomach and looking at Riley Smith doesn't hurt either. ;-) What sets Shirin in Love apart from all the other numerous rom coms is the fact that this one actually has something to say. It's about culture and family and following your own desires. And these desires aren't just romantic. They're career-oriented as well which is very appealing. And there are genuinely sad moments in this film that make one think. It's not all just silly romance and humorous events. There is depth to this film which makes it all the more easy to fall in love with the characters.