MixedI enjoyed exploring a history in a part of the world that I knew next to nothing about, but I wish that with that there would have been either a more cohesive plot or deep characters.
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Celestial Bodies (2018)
Creators: Mixed "In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--
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DislikedCelestial Bodies I was excited about 'cause it's set in Oman, but I didn't really enjoy it. There's so many characters and we get so many perspectives and it just becomes really disjointed and hard to actually focus on. So it missed the mark a little bit for me.
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