The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 74% of the 6,965 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a secret that threatens to unravel her family.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic75/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
88 audience votes
Key crew
- Minhal BaigDirector
- Minhal BaigWriter
- Mandy HoffmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Geraldine ViswanathanHala Masood
- Jack KilmerJesse Ross
- Gabriel LunaMr. Lawrence
- Purbi JoshiEram Masood
- Hatta Azad KhanZahid
- Taylor Marie BlimMelanie
- Anna ChlumskyShannon Taylor
- Charin AlvarezPrincipal
- Sam StraleyEvan
- Sonny BhattArash
- Ahmed LucanMahmoud
- Alka NayyarHina
Stills
Themes
muslimteenage girl
Drama Movies on Apple TV+, Ranked
Hala is #28 of 35
