Dreadfully Boring

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

A group of Persian refugees fleeing the Iranian Revolution of 1979 arrive in California and embrace or define the American Dream. They drink their faces off, have petty squabbles, cover themselves in jewels and gold, have extensive plastic surgery and the totally mad and open gay guy, must be the envy of every gay person in Iran; I think they kill people there, but if I'm wrong, I know they don't accept a gay lifestyle. This is the best way for America to overthrow Iran; show how much fun it is to be Western and free.I only see this series when traveling and in hotels or motels with cable and always look forward to seeing their antics. I'm not clear on where their money comes from as they don't seem to work, so I presume they were fortunate enough to load up their coffers before fleeing Iran. I don't think this show costs a lot to produce ---perhaps that's where their money is from?---- so I suspect it will have a long run and we'll be blessed to watch the cast grow old and die over the coming years. Having lived 20 + years in southern California, I can see this format being adapted to a wide range of transplants that make America so culturally diverse; Israeli's of Fairfax, Russian Oligarchs of Rodeo Drive, Chinese of Monterrey Park, Japanese of Palos Verdes, Koreans of Cypress, MS-13 of MacArthur Park....it's endless, but it will take a lot to top the Shahs of Sunset

This show was a lot funnier earlier on, but still worth watching these days. Iranians are a diverse bunch and some don't act like this at all, would take offense to being compared to Reza and MJ. However, there are some Persian-Americans that do party, drink, travel, gossip, and just want to have a good time like the Shahs of Sunset. The more the show goes on, the crazier the antics but take it all with a grain of salt. Persians are very social, happy people but this show seldom focuses in on that, it just displays the trashy behavior of some rather unhinged characters that are only a fraction of the Persian-American population.

I have just finished watching season 2 episode 4. Is this show for real? Are those people really like that? This season is without a doubt, worse than the first. How disappointing.I am incredibly grateful that I am not them, not any of them, not for any reason. I have a great amount of compassion for MJ, I hope GG goes to rehab asap - if this mess is, in fact reality and not fiction for the cameras. I would rather eat my own faeces, than watch another episode of this adult-child, tantrum-throwing, name-calling, money-grubbing, delusional, sleazy, vomit-inducing, disrespectful cast of self-important humans.This gets a -10 from me. Unless you're sadomasochistic, give it a miss.Again, -10.

This show is not a positive look on the Persian Americans in Los Angeles, California. They fled persecution, wars, and death in Iran to settle in Beverly Hills. Many of the cast mates are friends from Beverly Hills High School. Let's fact it, they're not normal in the first place. While I can only imagine the possible outrage from this show's existence, I find it interesting that Ryan Seacrest is in charge of production. Usually it's soul-less Andy Cohen but not this time. Hopefully unlike Cohen, Seacrest doesn't have painful reunion shows to watch. Anyway, the three women and three men have a balance. Reza is a Persian American homosexual real estate agent and his office mate and best friend is MJ, a Persian American woman. Asa is a Persian American woman and an artist who is probably my favorite. She's more concerned about her art rather than the others' opinions. Sammy and Mike are both Persian American and Jewish men in the show. Both men are interested in women not Persian nor Jewish. While this show is an interesting look into another culture and often a foreign land which is Los Angeles, the show does try to explain Persians who are really Iranians but they don't go by that. Anyway, this show has some moments but I'll watch this train wreck. It's not as bad as the housewives shows.