Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Did you people see the same film I saw?

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

A woman (Juliette) visits her husband in Cairo but, because he is a very busy man, his retired friend (Tareq) is asked to take care of her while he's gone. In the absence of her husband, she starts exploring while getting a bit into trouble along the way. Luckily, Tareq is always there to save her, determined to make her stay as pleasant as possible. An unavoidable bond begins forming between them due to the extended time spent together but neither of them seems able to make the next step.It's a movie which has a great location for a romance but fails miserably to deliver it. Most of the movie, almost nothing happens, and when it does is as boring as it gets, nothing more than a few words are spoken. To be frank, I have seen a lot of documentaries which have a lot more "action" than this, fact which is simply unbearable for this type of movie.It is a complete waste of time which had a little opportunity to regain a bit of dignity with its finale but, as expected, in fails badly in that part as well. A bad movie, which wastes time instead of doing what a movie should do.

there are so many differences between Mideastern and western cultures, specially in terms and conditions. you could catch the glory of the emotions between Tareq and Juliet, but you should understand the nature and meaning of "love" in countries like Egypt or (as I personally touched) Iran. love, or it's common synonym in middle east "eshgh", is not just a powerful desire to intercourse of being with lover (also there are some traditional love in oriental mysticism that encourage distance between lovers physically "hejran" so the lovers could mentally united. also, the lover always put his/her beloved in the highest rank of importance beside God. as Rumi said, it's not the matter of "I" and "you" but "Us". love is basically a mental issue in eastern cultures, and it should mirrored in respect, attention, care and unconditioned positive emotions. we saw Tareq that had, once upon a time, such emotions to Yasmin, and have such emotions to Juliet now. he refused Yasmin's letters in past and never write back because of her safety (both emotional and physical, who did not know the price of marriage betrayal in eastern countries?), but he show his real emotions when he heard that mark told Juliet about his emotion to a married woman and letters (both verbal: mark, the betrayer, and acting). so he did the same with Juliet, his friend's wife, a woman with shining smile on her face who cares about him and his feelings (it's obvious that Tareq is a Palestinian immigrant, when he talks about the fortunate trees that grow on their own soil, we can understand about his nationality and diaspora). he is injured, bitter and sad, but never forget to be a true human. that's the point. and if you want to see anything greater in a movie, I have no example for as perfection as I can see in "Cairo Time". puzzles are not obviously in text, but in context. enjoy!

Juliette Grant (Patricia Clarkson) travels from America to Cairo to meet her husband Mark (Tom McCamus), who belongs to the high echelon of UN and is settling refugees in Gaza. On the arrival, Juliette is welcomed by Tareq Khalifa (Alexander Siddig), an Egyptian that had worked with Mark and now is retired. Mark has a problem in Gaza and can not come to Cairo, and the gentle Tareq invites Juliette to sail in the Nile and visit the pyramids. Juliette learns that she can not walk alone on the streets of Cairo since she is offensively harassed by the male locals, and she sightsees the city with Tareq. The proximity with her husband's friend and his attention to her make Juliette too attracted for Tareq. Will they have a love affair? "Cairo Time" is a delicate and sensitive romance about companionship evolving to romance for mature audiences. Immediately after watching this pleasant film, I said to myself: this is certainly a film directed by a woman… and I was right. The sensitiveness of the director and author Ruba Nadda is impressive."Cairo Time" has magnificent cinematography and locations and the underrated Patricia Clarkson is excellent and with a perfect chemistry with Alexander Siddig. The music score is very beautiful and the conclusion of the affair of Juliette and Tareq is stunning. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Meus Dias no Cairo" ("My Days in Cairo")

This film is very much in the spirit of the classic, Noel Coward penned, "Brief Encounter". If you have seen that, you have an idea of what to expect in terms of relationship progression here! In other words it's about two very responsible people, who have an incredible chemistry, considering being not so responsible. While definitely owing a debt to Noel Coward, I think this stands on its own quite well. The improvement to the theme is in the setting. While much of Brief Encounter takes place in dreary train stations and sleepy English villages, this story takes place in a highly exotic and romanticized Egypt, which has the result of winding the viewer up quite a bit more...if you ask me.