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The story is distracting with no main focus, letting all social media actors in for seek of hit to grab attention. Robert seen was not essential or needed, but as I said for the seek of hit.

Director and camera scenes was great which is the good side of that movie.

The movie is supposed to be mostly comedy with sense of humour, yet the audience was quite with only few shy laughs at few scenes. I believe it was not as humour as it was in the script.

I am seriously looking for other ppl reviews to make sure that all share same thought about the movie, because I was expecting more for the media hype!

I genuinely don't know what I did to deserve the experience that is Al Zarfa. Maybe I wronged someone in a past life? Maybe the universe simply hates me? Because there is NO other explanation for how this movie - if we can even call it that - managed to crawl its way onto a screen in front of me.

The plot? Nonexistent. The acting? I've seen more emotion from a bag of cement. The "zarfa" itself? What even IS that? A discount giraffe? A CGI monstrosity? A poorly made plush toy possessed by the spirit of bad filmmaking? I still have nightmares.

Every scene feels like it was shot in one take, with a director who was either asleep or actively trying to sabotage the project. The dialogue? I've heard more realistic conversations in automated phone menus. And don't get me started on the editing - jump cuts, awkward pauses, random zoom-ins - it's as if the editor spilled coffee on the keyboard and just rolled with the chaos.

Watching Al Zarfa felt like an endurance test. By the 30-minute mark, I was rooting for the zarfa to go full monster mode and just end it all - for the characters, for me, for everyone involved.

In short, this movie shouldn't just be avoided - it should be locked in a vault, buried deep underground, and never spoken of again. If you're considering watching Al Zarfa, do yourself a favor: stare at a wall for two hours instead. It'll be a more fulfilling, coherent, and entertaining experience.

This is how Telfaz11 think now: "what does the market want to see? Hmmm let's do a checklist: 1- Famous ppl: ok we get cheap tiktok influencers to cutdown marketing budget 2- Familiar genre: Ok Saudis love Prison Break let's have a story there.

3- White Guest star: hmm.. any Prison Break star we can afford? Tbag? Ok let's do that.

Oh wait! Telfazz11 producer/actor Ibrahim wants to be in this, and have a showdown with Robert Knepper at the end even if it is irrelevant and ruins the story? GREAT! Let's do it!"

Only when they stop pathetically care about what the audience want, and focus on good stories will they succeed. Otherwise, their films will be easily forgotten.

This isn't a film - it's an insult to cinema itself. A shameless waste of money and resources on brain-dead trash that degrades both the audience's intelligence and the industry's standards. Supporting garbage like this is a direct betrayal of real talent and meaningful storytelling. Those in charge are either blind, incompetent, or simply don't care. The result? Fake prestige, zero substance, and a market drowning in manufactured mediocrity.

Continuing to pump money into projects like this is proof that decision-makers either lack basic taste or have no respect for the audience. It's surface-level PR, empty exposure, and a constant cycle of hollow productions, while genuine, thought-provoking cinema gets ignored and buried under waves of forgettable trash.

The movie is bad in terms of the idea and dialogue. It has no goal and I didn't understand what he meant exactly!! It was just famous characters that were gathered and filmed without a clear scenario. I really regretted the price of the ticket and the time I spent waiting for this movie and watching it. I wished I had seen another movie and not seen this shameful work that does not live up to the taste of the Arab viewer.

To be fair, the scenes with the actor Arouj were the best I found in this film. The man has a popular and simple charisma that any viewer can accept.

I hope the production company learns from their mistakes in the future and produces films worth watching and works harder in writing them.

If you've ever wondered what would happen if a Snapchat ad was stretched into a full-length feature film, look no further (Al Zarfa) is here to answer that. A movie that somehow thinks adding TikTok and Snapchat influencers equals star power. The cast? A collection of social media personalities trying (and failing) to act. It's like watching a long, painfully awkward skit on Instagram Live, but in a cinema.

The plot? If you can even call it that. Gold gets stolen. That's it. That's the whole "twist." And what do they name this oh-so-mysterious treasure? "The Legendary." That's right, zero creativity, zero depth, and zero effort.

And then, as if that wasn't enough, they throw in Robert Knepper. Yes, that Robert Knepper.. famous for one role two decades ago and completely irrelevant now. Bringing him in and pretending the movie is "international" is like Al Hilal signing a retired international footballer who hasn't played a game in 20 years and calling him a "world-class" star.

Tbh one of the worst Saudi films I've ever seen am laughing just because I paid for the ticket, the casting and acting isn't that good and that one important very famous actor they been promoting for didn't have that much impact maybe he's in show for only 30 minutes max and the story is pure chaos really really really bad writing that tells you that Saudi production companies only want money in their pockets instead of actually making a good story with actual actors as casting .

If we continue in this path Saudi film industry well never be spoken about in good manners and have positive reviews.

Without a doubt, Telfaz is one of the greatest film producers.

What I noticed about Al-Zarfa, despite my keenness to understand that it's a comedy, is its lack of originality. For example, the music (they used the theme song from the TV series Prison Break, although creating something unique for the film would have made it a smash hit, even after a while) The use of common sounds, such as the recording of a child police officer! This is the scene I saw the most, and I said, "What's wrong with that?!" I have no comment on it.

The appearance of famous characters was a great idea, but the scenario for featuring them wasn't successful. It could have been better.

In my opinion, the work was subjected to obstacles that forced the producers to try to smooth out the scene.

The appearance of new actors is a successful step in its place, but the actor remains a prisoner of the director's artistic vision.

We look forward to more amazing works in the future. All the best 🙏

I think some people are missing the point. Alzarfa isn't trying to be a serious film - it's a wild, funny, and chaotic Saudi comedy made for a local audience.

The style is unique, the humor is bold, and it reflects a new wave of Saudi filmmaking that's not afraid to take risks.

It's okay if not everyone gets it - but for those who do, it's hilarious and refreshing. Not every movie needs to follow the Hollywood formula to be good.

I watched it cause i was bored and my brothers chose it. Its so boring i wish i stayed home and slept it felt like watching a youtube video no plot whatsoever yet a lot is happening its an hour and 50 minutes but felt like four hours. What a waste of time the actors were so awkward the jokes were repetitive.

The film suffers from a poor storyline with no real plot, and the direction is very weak. The performance of Ibrahim Khairallah was disappointing; he seemed as if he belonged on YouTube rather than in a feature film, showing little to no acting skills. The actress who played the role of Al-Jawhara delivered a shallow and unconvincing performance, and her character itself was meaningless and poorly written.

Overall, the movie lacks depth, creativity, and proper execution, making it a below-average cinematic experience.

This is how we do movies, great work great. High performance from all the stuff, even some we only see them as celebrities in other places not related to acting but they did a good job really. You guys leveled up the cinema in our country and we are proud of that. The directing was so amazing, the colours, set ups, everything, even the music and the jokes, this is representing us really. To all those who wants to see the movie, Im telling you that, you will not regret and u will not waste ur time, becuase this such a masterpiece really. Here u will see something u won't see in another movie, this will show u how Saudi is really have a great Cinema.

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