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This is a beautifully executed story that will get you angry, sad, confused, enlightened and amused as it unfolds before you. This is the story of a small community barely keeping itself together, surrounded as it is by violent conflicts between opposing religious groups. Here though, the religious leaders are in unison with the women - they do not want to see any inter-religious strife. They do not want to witness any more deaths amongst the young men. The cemetery is full of the bodies of the village's youth and tended by the weeping women who's hopes and dreams for the future are prematurely ended by the deaths of their sons. With slightly inept determination the women decide to take matters into their own hands. They achieve an unsteady truce but at least life goes on. Hope is given a second chance. A lovely, heart warming film.

I watched this movie at the Toronto Film Festival. We woke up early on Sunday morning to watch it at 9:00 a.m. and to be greeted by Ms. Labaki herself. The movie was engaging, the music was wonderful, and the actors, some of them amateurs, transported us to their village life, successes, and tribulations in so many ways. The audience had not time to exchange any opinions, but at the end, we all rose and gave Ms. Labaki an standing ovation.

I left the theater greatly touched, happy, sad, and alive. I'm not an expert, but as a mother and as a woman, I hope Ms. Labaki's message of love, peace, and tolerance I took from her work can reach and change many. Good luck Ms. Labaki and thank you.

Excellent setup, excellent directing, excellent acting, Excellent movie ..... a few flaws of course ..... but as a whole the movie is well done and well targeted with an amazing message so eloquently conveyed that so deeply touches the hearts.

I Read some reviews by people getting offended from the somewhat engaged references to religion, well, they are the main target of the movie... when the time comes, a little openness is whats needed and what might drive us to be more attentive to the better angels of our nature (just what Nadine's circle of women strive so desperately to tell us all through the movie)

I am a big fan of IMDb. I always come here for reference to see movie ratings and reviews. But I never had an account--at least not until today. I just came back from watching "Where Do We Go Now?" and I am completely blown away. I signed up just to write a review and to tell who ever reads this to go and watch this movie. I laughed. I cried. I connected with the characters. I loved the music, the mood and the message of the movie. I will not reveal anything about the storyline so as not to spoil it for you. But trust me on this, you will certainly not regret it. Nadine Labaki has succeeded in orchestrating a masterpiece of a movie. At last, a Lebanese attempt that makes it worthwhile.

Where Do We Go Now? Is a Lebanese film that took me on one of the most dramatic emotional rides I can ever remember. Like some of my favorite films I've seen within the last few years, I never knew where it would go next. The movie roams around giving the viewer a taste of a number of different genres, and doing them all justice. It's such a hard film to categorize but I'll talk about a few of the genres it explores. First of all, there are some musical scenes. They do a beautiful job of capturing a Broadway tone in these moments, and I was humming along with them. I almost wish there were more of these songs, but the movie had a lot of ground to cover, so perhaps pausing for more singing would be a bad idea. Along with the musical element there was also a romance woven into the plot. It doesn't have the beginning, middle, and ending that you'd expect out of a more traditional love story, but they utilize it as a story-telling device a few times, and I thought it was quite effective as a kind of pseudo Romeo & Juliet tale.

The next category you'll find in Where Do We Go Now? Is comedy, which dominates a large part of the first act and is also sprinkled throughout the rest of the film. I was so charmed by the group of scheming wives who are trying to find ways to subtly control the men of the village. Then there are the Ukranian dancers who add another element of humor to the film which I found surprisingly delightful. But at the heart of the film is a dramatic story that echoes the actual political conflict that has plagued the Middle East for millennia. I was mesmerized by this entire story and how even in this remote village there is a constant threat of aggression taking hold and leading the people to violence. On the one hand you feel the general frustration with the fact that these two groups can't maintain peace, but on the other hand you can see how one small act confirms all their prejudices and snowballs into disaster. Where Do We Go Now? Is a marvelous movie that made me laugh and cry multiple times, which shows just how effective its emotional story is told.