I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

So much average

Pretty Good

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Let me start by saying that I'm a Lebanese guy, and I had to see this movie for that reason. It tells the tale of two regular Muslim boys who meet a regular Christian girl, and they become friends and while trying to find a camera shop, they explore different areas in the war torn city of Beirut. In the middle of the search, they find themselves in a brothel that really was rather popular back in the 80s. The bread and food shortage was also a huge problem during the civil war. This movie is an accurate depiction of the Lebanese civil war and it is well made despite the rather low budget. I can absolutely recommend this movie at least to everyone who is interested in the Lebanese civil war.

This movie is absolutely great & moving in its special way .. this was Ziad's debut .. director Ziad Doueiri worked before with Quentin Tarantino in his 1st three movies (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction & Jackie Brown) he surely did a nice job as a cameraman & director assistant. Working with such a good director like QT must have given him some valuable lessons. Anyway, his way of direction has nothing to do with QT's .. everyone of them has his own magnificent vision. This movie really takes us back to Beirut when it was a victim to the racist people & war traders .. the Lebanese civil war is very complicated even to the Lebanese people .. So, it is impossible to give the necessary information about the war in one movie, Ziad Doueiri overcome that problem by giving us a glimpse full of symbols & signs about the war. Instead of focusing on the fighting scenes he showed the horror of war through the eyes of three Lebanese teenagers. I've been to Beirut & after watching the movie I automatically recalled my few days that I've spent in Beirut last year .. the movie really captures the spirit of Beirut at the time as I read in the amazing biography "Beirut .. Beirut" by Egyptian author Sonna'Allah Abrahaim which describes with details several places I've visited in Beirut, I can say confidently that the movie captures the spirit of Beirut with all of its blood and firer, captures the accents of the Lebanese people, it captures their habits, hopes & fears .. the movie tried to bring & show all the Lebanese diversity (in religion & backgrounds) together, and it worked even if for a little bit of time. The acting is amazing especially by Carmen Lebbos & Rami Doueiri. The movie won't give all the answers about the Lebanese civil war but it surely gives you a realistic & horrendous glimpse of a dirty war. this is movie is almost a masterpiece!.

i have seen this movie, and i am a Lebanese. this movie is an alienation of history and is in no way related to the historical course that the Lebanese war took. it is not recommended to build a view of the Lebanese war, based on this movie. it describes the beginning of the war in a unilateral point of view and is one-sided. too bad the director couldn't make a better movie with the good plot he had. more historical reviews and interviewing many still-alive witnesses would have helped. the Lebanese haven't yet produced a movie about the war that meets their expectations, and the mere fact that the issue of the war is not yet solved amongst different communities make sit difficult to produce a movie about it now.

I've seen WEST BEIRUT several times at this point - it has become one of my fave recent world films, and made me curious to see what other Lebanese films I might've missed out on. *MINOR SPOILERS*An extremely accomplished debut from Lebanese-American filmmaker Ziad Douieri, WEST BEIRUT is loosely patterned after Francois Truffaut's 400 BLOWS, and blends a similar tale of growing up in troubled or uncertain settings, with a detailed examination of a nation collapsing into a civil war of extraordinary violence. The film does demand a little knowledge of history from the audience - actual events not depicted in the film are occasionally referred to in passing, which isn't really a weakness, though WEST BEIRUT (the title of the film refers to the partitioning of the city into Christian and Moslem enclaves) doesn't spoon-feed anything either. The slice-of-life, episodic nature of the film is perfectly suited to the material - the film follows a downward narrative trajectory from adventure and youthful mischief towards tragedy - with many moments reflective a splintering world around you, but many moments that you can immediately identify with.