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Reviews
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8...such a delicate, intelligent and emotionally rich film. What a debut from Sadiq.
Read full review at The Guardian
8A storming debut from writer-director Saim Sadiq: emotional, tender, and quietly radical. With any luck, it will herald a new era for Pakistani cinema.
Read full review at Empire
8A conservative Pakistani family in Lahore fracture when modernity meets tradition in Saim Sadiq's intimate drama.
Read full review at Little White Lies
10Never has a film paid this sort of attention to the subtleties of love between a man and a trans woman.
Read full review at Slant Magazine
7When the final tile is inevitably, predictably, calmly laid, it doesn't make the tragedy any less haunting.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleCast & Crew
Frequently asked questions
What is Joyland about? 
Joyland tells the story of Haider, a young man living in Lahore, Pakistan, who is struggling to find his place in a traditional and patriarchal family. Despite his father's wishes for him to become a successful businessman, Haider secretly joins an erotic dance theater as a backup dancer and falls for the transgender starlet, Biba. Their impossible love story sheds light on the cracks in the family's oppressive dynamics and ultimately tears them apart. The film explores themes of sexuality, gender identity, and generational conflict, offering a fresh perspective on life in modern Pakistan.
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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Joyland include Black Bag, The Ballad of Wallis Island, All of Us Strangers, The Fall Guy, Little Women, The Roses.
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