User reviews

Wasati is the golden bag of them all. A total loss for Netflix.

Im sorry guys, but this is bellow your professional level of directing and filming.

And Meshal aljasir... Are you a psycho?

Very good directing

Too mysterious + very bad endings

Trash garbage and waste of time ...... just dont watch it

Very disappointed. It only shows their skills in production and that's it.

Ideology all over the place, never forget that you are a punch of clowns.

It seems like only recently that westerners have been able to see films shot in Saudi Arabia or by Saudi directors (e.g., Haifaa al-Mansour's brilliant Wadjda). This series of several shorts is one of them. The offerings are absurdist, and without the cultural background to evaluate them, I get the feeling that I missed a lot. But they're entertaining and some are quite brilliant.

I absolutely find this series refreshing. Some scene may be provocative I must say, but it certainly is interesting. The storylines are also out of the box. The production and the way these short stories are shot in a very artistic angles, so I suppose it is not for everyone's liking. As a foreigner, who is always curious about new culture, this series offer me a glimpse to the new and young contemporary art scenes of Saudi. I Love it! Not giving it 10 stars because not all stories are that interesting.

I can summarize my review in one word, DISAPPOINTED .

If you're not Arab, probably you won't like it. It's discuss a Saudi culture things that you won't interested into or it won't touch you basically

I thoroughly enjoyed this mini series of films. The storytelling, camera angles, and overall themes of some the short films were quite good.

One of them even managed to make me tear up because of the event that happens in it, and there was some that left me thinking "Wait, no, that can't be it, it couldn't have ended like that".

But despite the 4 good short films, there were 2 others that weren't as good (Rat and one which involves a character named Sumyati).

For one of them (Rat) I didn't understand the story, maybe because there is a deeper meaning there which I haven't yet grasped, as for the other one, it just felt off to me and I didn't really like it because of the pacing and another thing which I can't quite out my finger on.

The worst thing I've seen this year. What a waste of money and energy

Actually I respect they trying but it's not good enough to be in Netflix..

The idea is very superficial and one of the actors in the film says that the audience does not understand the idea..this is a sufficient reason to give this work one star..and I do not wish to see similar works on international platforms.

The worst TV series ever. Waste of time Do not watch it.

A real time waster, totally pointless. It was then justified to be directed only to critics not to us.

Ps. A good movie/TV series shows up itself, stop asking others to raise the rating lol.

This is so bad to the point that i want to kill my self for spending 10 min of my life watching this

Too many reviews written in exactly the same language and not saying much except for the movies being bad and the need to be on youtube rather then on netflix.

I didn't watch it all but some. I honestly saw all the awful reviews and had to check what made such awful impression on people. I found what I watched interesting and the parts I didn't understand made me curious. I think it's as the title says, windows to another culture. I saw not one movie done in the middle east and let me tell you, some are pure garbage. I didn't think that way about what I saw here.

Bad acting , bad stories , bad cast Im sorry for myself to watch this ..

I liked the cinematography in all the episodes, the music choices and the casting was very good, having a set of episodes that were directed by different people every time was an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time , you like one episode and you want more but something different comes your way, it definitely takes you for a different style every episode but some people aren't going to be happy with it ... there is a sense of social responsibility in some episodes and then it's a sense of we don't care about society in other episodes but overall it wasn't a total waste of time you should definitely give it a chance if you have the time , it's better than I thought

Some of the artists have a bad personality, and the story not interesting and if we are going to talk about how they are actresses this is funny because no one of them is good so don't waste your time in a bad movie if i can but -10 star i will do it

Being a fan of BBC style documentaries and dramas; very little ever excites my senses. This definitely measures up to be of such superior quality and content!

If anyone ever watched 'Inside Number 9', they are comparable! However what makes this even BETTER is how artistic and how beautifully this was shot.

Every frame is immaculately planned, perfectly positioned, with perfect contrasts and lighting. Everything thematic; for e.g. the bedsheet which Sumiyati lies in is so vivid compared to everything around it which I found unnerving!

It aims to take the viewer on a emotional rollercoaster; which it has achieved well. However what makes this REALLY special is what this is trying to tell the rest of the work about Saudi Arabia.

Firstly, the characters are relate-able; they are humanised to us irrespective of time or space; then they show us the issue they are portraying. They have successfully portrayed 3 main aspects of Saudi society: 1) Ultra conservative religious right; who still to this day gets uncomfortable with the idea of a woman travelling in a bus with 4 men! It's crazy but a FACT in KSA. 2) Educated, globalised, cultural and modern centrists (to slightly liberal)which is a good majority of the population (probably 50%). 3) the FAR LEFT; whom until this film I never realised existed to this level.

The third type has not been portrayed at all; however the mindset and thought processes required proved that the producers, directors and writers had to be!

Maids are abused to NO end, but no one talks about it; now we have a whole short film on focusing on issues that transcends Saudi Arabia; but how usually the rich treat the poor in all developing countries.

No, NONE of the stories follow some strong storyline which is gripping...this is more of a feast for your eyes and ears. You make what you want it to be; pleasantly surprised, never thought Saudi film makers are al ready there.

To all the 1 liner, "film no good" reviews, or complaining about the absence of love and betrayal or dancing in the rain...I say go and keep watching Bollywood movies this is not meant for you.

The issue I found is; there aren't many people in Saudi that would enjoy this; because most of us are of the country 😂. This give me hope that one day I will return and many of my liberal friends will too!

Kudos! MashAllah! Bellessimo! Onward and upwards! Fantastic job!

Finally a saudi film that fairly represents the actually events that happens in Saudi in a creative way

It's bad series save your time and watch something else

So bad movie .. it's the worst movie I've ever seen .. i don't recommend ..