You won't be disappointed!

hyped garbage

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Tender, passionate, painful movie about life, nothing new, but still true, and deep. Disappointment in this world is our shadow, no one can shake free from it. feelings overwhelmed me throughout the movie but I have no words to express them, why do we have to suffer, why do we have to age so fast and die regardless of our dreams, regardless of our desires, fulfilled or not. Life... Is not long as some may say, it's short, it's too short and cruel and it does not care for individual lives, it's just about luck, that's all, and by luck I mean everything: how good your genes are, how well and how rich your family is, how prosperous the country you live in is, ... And the list goes on, and we can do almost nothing about it. Some may have what they want and be happy in their lives but many just don't, no matter how hard they try, and the painful thing is: you only got one shot, one life, you can't just go back in time to redeem yourself, to have what you never had, to re-do things that could've changed the rest of your life. It's like a blink of an eye, one day we wake up and find out that it's too late...... it's just cruel. We are the products of our genes, our environment, our lives are determined by them, we think we have choices, but we're wrong, the choices we make are just so minor and insignificant and will never change the way we are molded, ugly people will always be ugly, the stupid will never be smart, the boring will never be interesting or fun to be around, the weak and sick will never be healthy and fit......We are who we are no matter what we do, we're born... we live with what we have... we die... and that's all we get, and no imaginary God, old or new, can make it up for us.

from the trailer you'll know you'r in for a treat, hell from the title itself, it's titled caramel and it's the most delicious piece of Arabic caramel iv'e ever tasted, it's so unique compared to the main stream Arabic productions in the way it deals with women feelings and issues especially the socially forbidden ones, like relationships with a married man, relationship outside of marriage, lesbianism, these and other important women issues tackled with grace, respect and understanding. also the way Nadine converts a subject from total sadness and depression and finds the bright side or the silver lining, she's also honest in picturing the Lebanese society which is globally known as free but she's showing us the other side of the coin, the anger, the religion, the constrictions on old single women among other things, after all it's another place full of humans so it'll never be perfect but even though she's in love with her work, family, friends and she finally gets the good guy. what i also admire is the sense of humor some of the characters have and the music is superb and the color gives such a warm fuzzy feeling. perfect picture from a woman to all women

Nadine Labaki's 'Caramel' is a typical girly film, a portrait of the lives and loves of the (female) staff and customers of a beauty salon. What makes it interesting (to a western European) is its setting: Beirut, and the mixture of universal themes and Lebanese culture. It's (mostly) nicely acted, but fundamentally, its mixture of female friendship and the dream of true love is not so different from a thousand other romantic dramas, and I failed to find much impact in its final conclusion when the leading character picks herself up after being dumped by having a haircut. The local colour ultimately flatters to deceive; this is a story could have been told anywhere.

Like the confectionery treat that is its namesake, "Caramel" is a sweet-tasting concoction that leaves you feeling less satiated than undernourished when it's over. Set in and around a beauty parlor in Beirut, Lebanon, the story chronicles the decidedly low-keyed romantic escapades of a group of women (some of them stylists and others customers at the shop), all of whom fall out into neatly differentiated categories like "the non-virginal fiancé," (apparently, that's still a concern in that part of the world), "the lonely spinster," "the other woman," "the lesbian," etc.Within its comparatively restricted genre (let's just call it the "hair emporium movie," for lack of a better term), "Caramel" is less theatrical than "The Salon," but nowhere near as sharp and funny as "Barbershop" or "Steel Magnolias." The actresses are all competent and appealing, but the material is stretched so thin that the movie barely makes it across the finish line before calling it quits.