Osama fingerprintStrong craft, no humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
History, growing up, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Osama is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and melancholic. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
History, growing up, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history, growing up, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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To save her family a girl must become a boy
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Osama is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, and Metacritic 83). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 23 min
Osama runs 1 h 23 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Osama higher (90) than audiences (76). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $46,000 to make and earned $4 million worldwide, 85.0 times its budget.
It was made in Pashto, with some Arabic, English, French, Hungarian, Persian. Produced in Afghanistan, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Osama in 3 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 14 storytelling tropes for Osama, including No Woman's Land, Traumatic Haircut, No Periods, Period.
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