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Life's not always brown or white.Plot:
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Charming family/romantic comedy with a whole lot of heart - pun intended moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Zachary Levi | ... | Ray Rehman |
 | Fran Kranz | ... | Sal Garfinkle |
| Sarah Shahi | ... | Sana Khaliq |
 | Bonnie Somerville | ... | Noel Wilson |
 | Brian George | ... | Javaid Rehman |
 | Kathy Baker | ... | Janet Rehman |
 | Gerry Bednob | ... | Naseem Khaliq |
| Phil Rosenthal | ... | Director #1 |
 | Jasen Wade | ... | Mitch |
| Rex Lee | ... | Dale |
 | Cody Klop | ... | Sal, age 12 |
| Jake Kasdan | ... | Director #3 |
| Art Evans | ... | Tyler |
| David Doty | ... | Pierre |
 | Sharmila Devar | ... | Shirmeen |
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I was privileged to see this film at its world premier at the Austin Film Festival. Ray's family dynamics were fun and still familiar, making it easy to connect with him. Writer-director Jaffar created endearing characters. Despite some of the story weaknesses, I found this film irresistible. I was even more enchanted when a whole slew of folks got up on the stage for the Q&A after the screening, AND Jaffar introduced his parents who were in the audience. Zach, Sarah and Fran were extremely funny. Made even more so by the fact that Zach and Sarah were functioning on little sleep after wrapping their TV shooting schedules for the week and coming out to Austin almost immediately after. The support shown for this filmmaker only goes to show the passion behind this project; and, imho, those are the only projects worth spending my time on. Jaffar was articulate and very helpful with his responses to questions for us first time filmmakers.
If Zach Levi doesn't charm you as Ray, then you're either dead or in a coma. Sarah Shahi as Sana, same. Actually, the same can be said for all the leads, Fran Kranz, Bonnie Sommerville, Brian George and Kathy Baker - all did wonderful work. With my apologies to the rest of the cast for this next statement. Brian George stole the show as Ray's father. It was very obvious in the writing that Jaffar knew this character very well, and Brian picked up that ball and ran with it. He was highly entertaining to watch.
Zach is still a young actor, but if he's able to keep at his craft and continues selecting projects with this much heart, I see greatness in his career. He's going to be a tremendously talented actor, and he's already quite good! He made it easy for me to connect with and care about Ray. Sarah Shahi was a surprise. I see her every week on "Life", and really had no idea how talented she was - she acts so effortlessly on that show! Of course her character Sana in "SoR" is quite different from that of Dani Reese on "Life", but her personality during the Q&A is entirely different from both of them. Well done, you, Sarah! I don't know about anyone else, but I'll be watching for future projects with all these folks, including Jaffar of course! I hope you get distribution because I'll pay so I can see this again.