{"id":51262,"date":"2026-01-05T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=51262"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:24:02","slug":"baab-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/05\/baab-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Baab (2026)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman\u2019s whose sister died and who has recently moved back home after her divorce finds tapes with information that will change her life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Written by Nayla Al Khaja and Masoud\u00a0Amralla\u00a0Al Ali with\u00a0additional\u00a0material by Felicity Evans and\u00a0Toby Venables, and directed by Nayla Al Khaja, this thriller with\u00a0influences\u00a0of fantasy and plenty of drama\u00a0(and some horror) is well-written and well-directed, this film is well worth looking for and seeing. The characters are interesting, some of the cultural elements are new to most audiences, and the way the story unfolds\u00a0make\u00a0for a film that catches the attention and keeps it throughout.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The cast here is a bit uneven. Lead Shaimaa El Fadul is\u00a0absolutely fantastic, giving layers upon layers to her character, giving her emotions that\u00a0come through strongly on screen and bring the\u00a0audiene\u00a0into her world. She goes through a gamut of emotions and brings the viewers along. Her performance sells the film, makes the films, and makes it all memorable.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0the base here,\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0the center of everything,\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0the film embodied in one person.\u00a0The majority of\u00a0the supporting cast is good and\u00a0bring\u00a0their own flavor to their parts. Unfortunately, playing the\u00a0lead\u2019s\u00a0mom is\u00a0Huda\u00a0Alghanem\u00a0whose performance comes off incredibly flat, without emotions most of the time, cold even, and even without any empathy for the other characters or her own. If this was the goal, fantastic, but as it comes off, the\u00a0performanes\u00a0had this viewer there was something more in it, something connected, something emotional. She comes off angry and\u00a0lacking\u00a0much depth due to the lack of layers, especially next to Shaima El Fadul. Yes,\u00a0comparing\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0ideal, but when the two of them are in the same scene, there is no way to pay attention to the mom as the daughter\u00a0outshines her every single second.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another high point of the film is how it looks. The cinematography by Rogier Stoffers is beautiful to stunning at any given moment, creating a film that is easy to watch no matter the content or the emotions portrayed on film.The cinematography makes great use of light and darkness, of framing and movement, of time spent on each person and item, giving a masterclass in how to shoot a film like\u00a0this, how to make art look like art.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a whole, Baab\u00a0is an excellent film with a strong lead performance that pulls the viewer in and\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0let them go. The cinematography is more than\u00a0on\u00a0point, making the story come across not only clearly, but also beautifully. This is a solid thriller-drama-fantasy\u00a0film that knows what it wants and knows what\u00a0it has to say and\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0afraid of getting to both.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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