Very Cool!!!

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

I'll have to admit right off the bat that I watched this doc on teen Malala Yousafzai fighting sleep half the time though I managed to keep eyes open most of that period when it showed many of the school buildings that had been blown up after she attended them, courtesy of the Taliban. I did like the scenes of her family as they were now functioning normally in England. It was nice to see her doing well under the public glare after she survived being shot in the head, writing her book, and meeting public figures like Queen Elizabeth and President Obama. I, myself, remember her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this year as being quite amusing. Nice use of animation when telling tales of her earlier life or of the woman she was named after. So on that note, He Named Me Malala is worth seeing.

Pakistan is a developing country and swat from where Malala actually belongs is a liberal district since long. It is right it got pass from a situation for some years but after and before the specific period it is enjoying its freedom. I myself has never write a review but I feel here to put one just to show the world that we are not the one who are being presented. Many children have been killed in the so called war but no one even knows about their names, I feel ashamed when Malal says I am from the area where girls are not allowed to go to school, I want to ask a question from Malala to name even a single small village in the entire swat where there is no separate school for girls .Malala won't tell us that there are many colleges specially for girls and a co-education university in Swat. We have women from our district in Media, education, showbiz, government and in ever public and private sector as well where they are enjoying their lives without fear. Our people love to educate their daughters. In short we are free and we are enjoying our freedom , Malala has no future in our country now she has already lost the respect of our people no matter she got a Nobel prize, the real prize has been lost forever and for always.

I think Davis Guggenheim has no work now a days...how much money did he get for making this documentary totally on false information....In swat where malala used to live,there is no ban on girls to get educated Before malala and after malala SURPRISINGLY not a single incident of Taliban shooting girls ever taken place....i don't know why malala was attacked ...she is another ordinary girl just like all other girls and we didn't hear malala's name before...his father Ziauddin Yousafzai speaks now on TV as philosopher but as we take a look on his past ....he is not well educated or illiterate person .malala was shot on the head and here wounds often changes from time to time from left to right and right to left...she survived and along with malala there was another girl ..i cant remember her name now.. she died on the spot but BBC and CNN didn't bother to repeat her name...i think if malala is a hero then the girl who died with her her is a super hero ...we should remember her more than malala...i don't know who want to prove that the malala is warrior...and what is the benefit behind this...who is behind the malala....what they want from malala....and the people are so sentimental ...people are just like little children they absorb it as shown on media...but reality is totally different....

"He Named Me Malala" (2015 release; 88 min.) is a documentary about Malala Yousafzai, the remarkable young lady from Pakistan, whom the Taliban tried to assassinate because she stood up for the right to an education for young girls. As the movie opens, we are told (via animation) where the name Malala comes from (an Afghani folk hero who encouraged/inspired the Afghan army in their battle against the UK). We then immediately switch to the footage of Malala's wounded body being treated after the Taliban's assassination attempt in October 2012--yes, almost 3 years ago to the date). The documentary then switches to "Birmingham, England, 2013", where we see Malala with her two brothers and her parents. To tell you more would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.Couple of comments: this is the latest documentary from director David Guggenheim, best known for previous efforts such as Waiting for Superman, and It Might Get Loud. Here he tackles a difficult task, namely how to make an enticing documentary about a remarkable person, without coming across as simply wanting to 'glorify' that person. The answer, as it turns out, is quite simple: show us that person (in this case Malala) in their natural environment, and let us observe the REAL person. And then Guggenheim has another ace up his sleeve: he lets us catch glimpses (and more) of how the Taliban slowly but surely changes the Swat Valley in Pakistan, where Malala and her family lived. I must say, I was quite shocked at what I saw: the Taliban's brutality and determination knows no boundaries. As Malala (or was it her dad) observes at one point: "For the Taliban, it is not about faith, it is about power". Speaking of Malala's dad, it turns out he is quite remarkable well. I wondered why the movie wasn't simply called "I Am Malala" (her autobiography, from which the movie of course borrows), but now that I've seen it, it makes perfect sense, as this is a documentary not just about Malala but also very much about her dad. There is various remarkable archive footage in the documentary about the Taliban, her dad, and of course Malala herself. I must admit that I was worried how the makers of this documentary were going to fill an hour and a half in a way that would keep my attention. I shouldn't have worried. This is a moving documentary that, frankly, left me even more in awe of Malala than I already was. And to think this young lady is still only 18 years old as we speak! I am humbled and also a little inspired after seeing this."He Named Me Malala" opened yesterday (yes, Thursday is the new Friday), and the screening where I saw this at here in Cincinnati was attended okay but not great. That is a darn shame. I, for one, happen to think that "He Named me Malala" should be required viewing for all kids in the US grades 6 and up, and certainly I hope that many adults will see this too. "He Named Me Malala" is an inspired, and inspiring, documentary and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!