Polite Society

“Big trouble. Little sister.”

6.3(209)20231h 44m

ComedyActionDrama

Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Director

Nida Manzoor

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Cast

Priya Kansara

Ria Khan

Ritu Arya

Lena

Shobu Kapoor

Fatima

Ella Bruccoleri

Alba

Seraphina Beh

Clara

Shona Babayemi

Kovacs

Nimra Bucha

Raheela

Jeff Mirza

Raff

Akshay Khanna

Salim Shah

Renu Brindle

Mrs. Nawaz

Rekha John-Cheriyan

Mrs. Abbas

Sally Ann

Edith

Reviews

2 reviews

msbreviews

3y ago

7.0

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/polite-society-review-sundance-2023 "Polite Society looks straight out of a comic book. Endlessly energetic, witty humor, and packed with pretty great stunts. Nida Manzoor's quick edits, slow-motion, and stylistic title cards make this a distinctively fun feature debut. Not perfect, but the over-the-topness of it all brought it...

Geronimo1967

2y ago

7.0

I was really quite pleasantly surprised by this lively comedy that has as much to do with an episode of "Dr Who" as it does with the traditional family-based rom-com. "Lena" (Ritu Arya) falls hook line and sinker for the handsome (and wealthy) "Salim" (Akshay Khanna) but her savvy sister "Ria" (Prima Kansara) smells a rat. It's all going too smoothy, too quickly - and her otherwise quite rebelliou...