ComedyActionDrama

Polite Society

- Big trouble. Little sister.

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.

Release Date : 2023-04-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Working Title FilmsParkville Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ria Khan

Original Name : Priya Kansara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lena

Original Name : Ritu Arya

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fatima

Original Name : Shobu Kapoor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alba

Original Name : Ella Bruccoleri

Gender : Female

Character Name : Clara

Original Name : Seraphina Beh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kovacs

Original Name : Shona Babayemi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raheela

Original Name : Nimra Bucha

Gender : Female

Character Name : Raff

Original Name : Jeff Mirza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salim Shah

Original Name : Akshay Khanna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Nawaz

Original Name : Renu Brindle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Abbas

Original Name : Rekha John-Cheriyan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edith

Original Name : Sally Ann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ms. Spence

Original Name : Jenny Funnell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Iqbal

Original Name : Sophie Aisling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Ahmed

Original Name : Su McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jezah

Original Name : Tia Dutt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Head Waiter

Original Name : James McNicholas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eunice Huthart (voice)

Original Name : Eunice Huthart

Gender : Female

Reviews

Manuel São Bento

@msbreviews

2023-01-23

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 home for me." Rating: B

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-15

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 rebellious sister has taken to wearing cardigans! The potential mother-in-law "Raheela" (the always over-dressed Nimra Bucha) exudes a certain menacing quality that soon has the sibling doing a bit of detective work of her own, aided by her two friends from school (whose inclusion in the drama is annoyingly superfluous!). Anyway, what now ensues is generally quite an entertaining, fairly action-packed, series of martial arts escapades that feature some dancing; high fashion; breaking and entering and - some old fashion Dolly-style cloning! The soundtrack is vibrant and the entire thing is just all over the place enough to stay interesting for most of the hundred minutes of screen time. It's unlikely to be a film you will remember, nor does it need to be seen in a cinema - but it's still an amiable enough, pretty far-fetched, effort from all concerned that passes the time effortlessly.