Halal Daddy | |
Director: | Conor McDermottroe |
Screenplay: | Conor McDermottroe Mark O'Halloran |
Starring: | Sarah Bolger Colm Meaney David Kross Art Malik |
Music: | Matthias Weber |
Cinematography: | Mel Griffith |
Editing: | Alexander Dittner Constantin von Seld |
Runtime: | 95 minutes |
Country: | France Ireland Germany |
Language: | English |
Halal Daddy is a 2017 Irish-German-French comedy film featuring Sarah Bolger, Colm Meaney, David Kross and Art Malik.[1]
Raghdan Aziz, a young British-Indian Muslim man, has moved out of his strict parents' home in Bradford, England to live with his aunt and uncle in Sligo, Ireland. He enjoys spending time with his girlfriend Maeve and his two best friends Derek and Omar. Then his father Amir arrives, with a plan to turn a local abattoir into a halal butcher's shop.
The film has a 43% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews, with an average rating of 6/10.[2] Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent awarded the film two stars.[3] Hilary A. White of the Sunday Independent awarded it three stars.[4] Sarah McIntyre of RTÉ.ie gave the film four stars out of five.[5] Donald Clarke of The Irish Times gave it three stars out of five.[6]