Preview: Captain Abu Raed (2009)

Synopsis:

An airport janitor with a pilot's cap found in the trash becomes a sensation with the children in his neighborhood while being a relatively failure at life giving the children hope to dream big even if he is not able to do so for himself.

• Poster: C

Review:

There is truth in advertising and that concept is pretty fairly expressed with this poster which takes a central scene in the film and puts it full-front on the poster. The festival notices will draw in the appropriate audiences, but that's about all this poster can and will do.

• Trailer: C+

Review:

Hopefully the film itself is far more evocative than the trailer implies that it is. The preview suggests the film is going to be entirely void of action sequences (not a bad thing), but filled with forced thematic elements about dreaming big and breaking out from the routine.

Oscar Prospects:

It might be submitted by its home country for Foreign Language Film consideration, but I doubt it would earn the nominaion.

Release Date:

• July 3, 2009

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (July 12, 2009) Original