Polite Society
Big trouble. Little sister.
2023 | 104m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Nida Manzoor |
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| Writer: | Nida Manzoor |
| Staring: |
| Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 27, 2023 |
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| Director: | Nida Manzoor |
| Writer: | Nida Manzoor |
| Genres: | Comedy, Action, Drama |
| Keywords | martial arts, kidnapping, teenage girl, wedding, stuntwoman, woman director, epic fights, pakistani culture, sister sister relationship |
| Production Companies | Working Title Films, Parkville Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Priya Kansara | Ria Khan |
| Ritu Arya | Lena |
| Shobu Kapoor | Fatima |
| Ella Bruccoleri | Alba |
| Seraphina Beh | Clara |
| Shona Babayemi | Kovacs |
| Nimra Bucha | Raheela |
| Jeff Mirza | Raff |
| Akshay Khanna | Salim Shah |
| Renu Brindle | Mrs. Nawaz |
| Rekha John-Cheriyan | Mrs. Abbas |
| Sally Ann | Edith |
| Jenny Funnell | Ms. Spence |
| Sophie Aisling | Mrs. Iqbal |
| Su McLaughlin | Mrs. Ahmed |
| Tia Dutt | Jezah |
| James McNicholas | Head Waiter |
| Eunice Huthart | Eunice Huthart (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ashley Connor | Director of Photography |
| Tom Howe | Original Music Composer |
| Claudia Heinz | Stunts |
| Christina Petrou | Stunts |
| Nida Manzoor | Writer, Director |
| Ayesha Hussain | Stunts |
| James Cross | Art Direction |
| Ellie Jones | Standby Art Director |
| PC Williams | Costume Design |
| Claire Carter | Makeup Designer |
| Alison Hanken | Makeup & Hair |
| Melanie Lindsey | Makeup Supervisor |
| Celia Wright | Makeup & Hair |
| Simon Hill | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jay Price | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Dario Swade | Sound Effects Editor |
| Des Anwar | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Bhumika Mayer | Visual Effects Producer |
| Guiomar Alonso | Stunt Double |
| Crispin Layfield | Stunt Coordinator |
| Adam Rhys Williams | Fight Choreographer |
| Shez Manzoor | Original Music Composer |
| Simon Walker | Production Design |
| Sophie Lockwood | Art Direction |
| Mandy Sorrin | Set Decoration |
| Linda Azma | Makeup Artist |
| Sarah Edwards-Knight | Makeup & Hair |
| Lyndsey Jewell | Makeup Supervisor |
| Tonee Roberio | Makeup Artist |
| Philippa Mumford | Assistant Art Director |
| Tushar Manek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Justin Selway | Costume Supervisor |
| Paddy Eason | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Darren Baba | Second Assistant Director |
| Francesca Cozier | Stunt Double |
| Rob Lock | Fight Choreographer |
| Ansko Pitkänen | Stunts |
| Robbie Morrison | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Eric Fellner | Producer |
| Tim Bevan | Producer |
| Olivier Kaempfer | Producer |
| John Pocock | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 35 | 20 |
| 2024 | 5 | 30 | 49 | 20 |
| 2024 | 6 | 30 | 57 | 19 |
| 2024 | 7 | 30 | 49 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 28 | 67 | 18 |
| 2024 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 23 | 49 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | 21 | 46 | 13 |
| 2024 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 20 | 33 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 10 | 649 | 661 |
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/polite-society-review-sundance-2023 "Polite Society looks straight out of a comic book. Endlessly energetic, witty humor, and packed with pretty great stunts. Nida Manzoor's quick edits, slow-motion, and stylistic title cards mak ... e this a distinctively fun feature debut. Not perfect, but the over-the-topness of it all brought it home for me." Rating: B
I was really quite pleasantly surprised by this lively comedy that has as much to do with an episode of "Dr Who" as it does with the traditional family-based rom-com. "Lena" (Ritu Arya) falls hook line and sinker for the handsome (and wealthy) "Salim" (Akshay Khanna) but her savvy sister "Ria" (Prim ... a Kansara) smells a rat. It's all going too smoothy, too quickly - and her otherwise quite rebellious sister has taken to wearing cardigans! The potential mother-in-law "Raheela" (the always over-dressed Nimra Bucha) exudes a certain menacing quality that soon has the sibling doing a bit of detective work of her own, aided by her two friends from school (whose inclusion in the drama is annoyingly superfluous!). Anyway, what now ensues is generally quite an entertaining, fairly action-packed, series of martial arts escapades that feature some dancing; high fashion; breaking and entering and - some old fashion Dolly-style cloning! The soundtrack is vibrant and the entire thing is just all over the place enough to stay interesting for most of the hundred minutes of screen time. It's unlikely to be a film you will remember, nor does it need to be seen in a cinema - but it's still an amiable enough, pretty far-fetched, effort from all concerned that passes the time effortlessly.