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Two-time Oscar® winner* Sally Field adds another powerful acting triumph to her gallery of great roles in the suspense thriller Not Without My Daughter, a riveting true story of terror and escape. Betty has come to the Middle East with her daughter and native-born husband(Alfred Molina, Spider-Man 2, Species) for a visit with his family. But soon the horrible truth about their vacation surfaces. Betty's husband doesn't intend to bring his family back to America...ever. She may return, he says, but their daughter must stay. And he has centuries of local custom and the oppressive might of a police state behind him. As a stranger in a foreign land, Betty has no money, no friends and no rights. But she does have an unconquerable will. In a hostile, war-torn country, where even the slightest misstep can mean death, she makes a desperate bid to escape with her child. Her story, her courage and her ultimate triumph are unforgettable. *1979: Actress, Norma Rae; 1984: Actress, Places in the Heart
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding in its representation of how oppressive Islamic culture can be on women.,
By Cynthia Danute Cekauskas, LCSW "Lithuanian Am... (Savannah, Georgia) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Not Without My Daughter (DVD)
I had seen this film on television years ago before I decided to purchase a copy of it. The film has been referenced in the 1995 book by Geraldine Brooks: Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. This book I had read after reading Trouble with Islam Today. What's wrong with Islam? After reading the abovereferenced books and seeing this film it seems rather simple: just marry an Islamic man (even if you yourself are American or Canadian born) and find out--you will disappear as a human being! As Geraldine Brooks wrote in NINE PARTS OF DESIRE the enforced wearing of the hijab signifies an acceptance of a legal code that values "a future domestic life in which her husband could beat her if she disobeyed him, make her share his attentions with three more wives, divorce her at whim and get absolute custody of her children."Sally Field did an exceptional job of portraying Betty Mahmoody, the wife of an Iranian born American doctor who after agreeing to come to Iran to visit relatives finds herself trapped there with her seven-year-old daughter. She had made the nearly fatal mistake of trusting the man she loved who swore on the Koran before the family left the U.S. that they would be returning back to the United States after only a two week stay! The film is explicit on just how much courage and determination it took to escape the barbarism this poor woman was subjected to. I truly admire her for what she was able to accomplish. Betty was lucky she made it out alive but just how many more were not so fortunate? To think that there were as many American (and probably Canadian) women there basically stripped of their rights as citizens of the United States simply because they married a Middle Eastern Islamic man is horrific. This film as much today as it did years ago impresses me just how careful one must be over who one marries. Thank God my husband, a fifth-generation German Irish Catholic and an American Army veteran has neve treated me in such an primitive and barbaric way. As a woman I feel very fortunate indeed to have been born and raised in North America and never to have married someone who treated me in such an abysmal fashion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I Loved it,
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This review is from: Not Without My Daughter (DVD)
This is an emotional movie. It is a true story and worth watching for everone.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad but far a bit from truth,
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This review is from: Not Without My Daughter (DVD)
I think this movie was built biased. I am an Iranian and I know many of these events were exaggerated. Case in point, the funny husband even couldn't speak Persian. I believe if he speak English at all was better instead of imitating Persian. After arriving to the airport in Iran, it seemed they arrived to cemetery which showed the poor director situation. In fact, the director's mind was too negative therefore sacrificed many things in this movie to get her goals. I really understand how hard had been her situation; however, a director or even a scientist has responsibility for his or her job that is creating. I also believe there were some truth in this movie which made it reasonable to see once, especially those which were pertinent to religious beliefs.
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