Signature Move

2017
1h 20m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

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Fawzia Mirza and Sari Sanchez in Signature Move (2017)

Zaynab, a thirtysomething lesbian Pakistani Muslim in Chicago, takes care of her sweet, TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold, very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love, and wrestling.

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Zaynab, a thirtysomething lesbian Pakistani Muslim in Chicago, takes care of her sweet, TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold, very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her ... Read allZaynab, a thirtysomething lesbian Pakistani Muslim in Chicago, takes care of her sweet, TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold, very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love, and wrestling.Zaynab, a thirtysomething lesbian Pakistani Muslim in Chicago, takes care of her sweet, TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold, very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love, and wrestling.

Director
- Jennifer Reeder
Writers
- Lisa Dash Donato
- Fawzia Mirza
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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

695

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jennifer Reeder
Writers
- Lisa Dash Donato
- Fawzia Mirza
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 5 nominations

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This film has a 100% rating based on 21 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

Quotes
Zaynab: Just because you didn't intend to turn it into opium doesn't mean that importing poppy from Pakistan looks good.

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Great watch

Interesting film, with great characters.

It has great representation for the LGB community.

It was good to see the dynamics of family life being tied in with this. Alongside bringing in two different cultures, and some back story of them across generations.

The wrestling was also awesome 👌.

I loved the mum and her binoculars too.

At the end we could have seen a little more about the mother - daughter relationship between the main character and her mother and how that develops.

Overall quite a heart warming film.

I loved the ending, with the main characters "signature" move, it was the perfect way to end the film.