Young Ahmed

This is certainly a thought provoking watch. I expected things to go a certain way and was surprised that the plot took a different turn... its a sobering and thoughtful watch but I don't think I can say much more. A thoughtful drama about an adolescent French muslim who gets in trouble, this is worth a watch, yes.

A powerful humanitarian statement, great acting, suspenseful from start to finish, a slow burner conceived by the genius brothers. A timely and accurate portrait of fanaticism and an essential representation of compassion and forgiveness.

Between 2.5 and 3 stars. Made in a documentary-like style, you will understand and at the same time hate this stubborn boy how he spoils his life.

Propaganda at its finest

Debated if should've given it just the 3.5 stars (Recommend). But... I don't like movies that leave me hanging in the end, having to guess what could've, or would've. It's all about this "radicalized" and "brain-washed" Ahmed about being a Muslim. We just scratched our head as to how this boy got so brain-washed so early (young). In the end, he felt from the roof, and was like dying, and his mother appears, the "perhaps" he realized his mother was the best? We don't know if he was going to reject his muslimness because of this fall, which likely woke up his brain?

What saves this boring screenplay is the direction and the acting of the main characters. But it's still not worth it to watch.

Young Ahmed starts off very promising. The coming-of-age story of a fundamentalist Muslim that is willing to take up violence against non-believers in a European country hits a lot of interest points and relevance. The movie had the promise to dig deeper, making political and human points and add a strong character arc to a young child. This movie, unfortunately, due to the ending of the film, left a lot to be desired. The final plot wasn't believable and somewhere along the way, I kind of lost interest.