Since there isn't a plot summery for it at the IMDb, allow me:
1951: A married young man named (Khososy) was captured wrongfully by the English occupation forces (that occupied Egypt from 1882 to 1952). Some patriotic Egyptians help him out to run away through a ship that will cross the Atlantic. At Bermuda's triangle, he travels into time, to find himself at the year of 2005, on a ship that goes to the Egyptian beach (Safaga). He meets the lovely girl (Gamila) who believes his story, and informs his own 3 children that their lost father, from the year of 1951, is here. The 3 of them are unsuccessful poor persons, who hate each other powerfully. They try to persuade their young father to sell the family's ancient villa, to gain a lot of money. And when (Khososy) refuses, they begin to make him believe that the villa has ghosts, or that it's about to collapse. (Khososy) solves all of his family's problems, and marries (Gamila), to live peacefully with his family at the villa.
Brilliant idea of course, for a fantasy, if not satirical, comedy. But that was the first brilliant thing here and the last as well. Because, as a whole, it looked like the Egyptian "Moqawalat" kind of movies of the 1980s and the 1990s, where everything was made in the lowest level, except for slight differences this time such as the idea. Originally, (Mohammad Attia) was the recent winner of the well-known TV show (Star Academy: The Arabic Version), so it seemed that the movie was nothing but a fast profiting out of his sudden fame.
There wasn't much of a script, just deficient sketches one after another, without a lot of coherence, or any good drama. Despite some selective old expressions in (Khososy)'s dialogue, to assure his age's culture, the script's rest was hasty improvised scenes. Otherwise, how (Khososy), who hits the English occupiers with stones, tries desperately to sell the patriotic publications just to make money?! Is he a patriotic or not? What did change in his character during the events?! How the 3 old children believed that this young man is their lost father?, or how (Khososy) managed to solve all of their problems successfully in the movie's last 3 minutes? Or how that offspring, as swindler characters, became so sweet and kindhearted suddenly at the end?!!.. And so on!
Sometimes it felt like a musical comedy, with songs like (Nahark Saa'ed) or (Good Day for You), where the old Egyptian movies were being spoofed. It was nice sequence, with smart parody. But sorrowfully, the movie didn't have that smartness for long. And while (Attia) briskness was maybe the only watchable element around, it was unbearable to watch the 3 comic stars (Hassan Hosny), (Hala Fakher), and (Salah Abdallah) in such pathetic roles as (Khososy)'s old children, with nothing to do but verbal, very silly, jokes!
Aside from being a very primitive comedy, it's a very primitive fantasy as well; because the movie didn't try to explain how (Khososy) traveled into time in the first place. It was a dull fabrication to bring him to the year of 2005, just like when they put him in one contemporary party to do drugs, so he could sing a song while he was stoned. Really, that scene could've been a bitter irony between the 1950s poetic patriotic generation, and the 2000s ribald narcotic generation. But forget about that, exactly like the movie itself which already forgot about making something comical, fanciful, or even meaningful along the way!
Director (Sameh Abdelaziz) came from TV, where he made some talk shows and music videos. Here, in his first feature, he couldn't make a connected movie out of those strange scenes, or a droll farce, or a respectable satire towards a decayed family. So with many fade-outs, close to theatrical performance, and a strong case of belittlement; which's clear during the whole 100 minutes--the result was between naive and unfunny. That's why when (Attia) sings (How Great To Be Connected with Each Other) at the end, which is a fair song by the way, you'll feel that he should have sung it to the movie itself!
(Dars Khososy) or (Khososy's Lesson) is a bad movie. And the true sadness must be over its brilliant idea which was murdered.. brilliantly!
1951: A married young man named (Khososy) was captured wrongfully by the English occupation forces (that occupied Egypt from 1882 to 1952). Some patriotic Egyptians help him out to run away through a ship that will cross the Atlantic. At Bermuda's triangle, he travels into time, to find himself at the year of 2005, on a ship that goes to the Egyptian beach (Safaga). He meets the lovely girl (Gamila) who believes his story, and informs his own 3 children that their lost father, from the year of 1951, is here. The 3 of them are unsuccessful poor persons, who hate each other powerfully. They try to persuade their young father to sell the family's ancient villa, to gain a lot of money. And when (Khososy) refuses, they begin to make him believe that the villa has ghosts, or that it's about to collapse. (Khososy) solves all of his family's problems, and marries (Gamila), to live peacefully with his family at the villa.
Brilliant idea of course, for a fantasy, if not satirical, comedy. But that was the first brilliant thing here and the last as well. Because, as a whole, it looked like the Egyptian "Moqawalat" kind of movies of the 1980s and the 1990s, where everything was made in the lowest level, except for slight differences this time such as the idea. Originally, (Mohammad Attia) was the recent winner of the well-known TV show (Star Academy: The Arabic Version), so it seemed that the movie was nothing but a fast profiting out of his sudden fame.
There wasn't much of a script, just deficient sketches one after another, without a lot of coherence, or any good drama. Despite some selective old expressions in (Khososy)'s dialogue, to assure his age's culture, the script's rest was hasty improvised scenes. Otherwise, how (Khososy), who hits the English occupiers with stones, tries desperately to sell the patriotic publications just to make money?! Is he a patriotic or not? What did change in his character during the events?! How the 3 old children believed that this young man is their lost father?, or how (Khososy) managed to solve all of their problems successfully in the movie's last 3 minutes? Or how that offspring, as swindler characters, became so sweet and kindhearted suddenly at the end?!!.. And so on!
Sometimes it felt like a musical comedy, with songs like (Nahark Saa'ed) or (Good Day for You), where the old Egyptian movies were being spoofed. It was nice sequence, with smart parody. But sorrowfully, the movie didn't have that smartness for long. And while (Attia) briskness was maybe the only watchable element around, it was unbearable to watch the 3 comic stars (Hassan Hosny), (Hala Fakher), and (Salah Abdallah) in such pathetic roles as (Khososy)'s old children, with nothing to do but verbal, very silly, jokes!
Aside from being a very primitive comedy, it's a very primitive fantasy as well; because the movie didn't try to explain how (Khososy) traveled into time in the first place. It was a dull fabrication to bring him to the year of 2005, just like when they put him in one contemporary party to do drugs, so he could sing a song while he was stoned. Really, that scene could've been a bitter irony between the 1950s poetic patriotic generation, and the 2000s ribald narcotic generation. But forget about that, exactly like the movie itself which already forgot about making something comical, fanciful, or even meaningful along the way!
Director (Sameh Abdelaziz) came from TV, where he made some talk shows and music videos. Here, in his first feature, he couldn't make a connected movie out of those strange scenes, or a droll farce, or a respectable satire towards a decayed family. So with many fade-outs, close to theatrical performance, and a strong case of belittlement; which's clear during the whole 100 minutes--the result was between naive and unfunny. That's why when (Attia) sings (How Great To Be Connected with Each Other) at the end, which is a fair song by the way, you'll feel that he should have sung it to the movie itself!
(Dars Khososy) or (Khososy's Lesson) is a bad movie. And the true sadness must be over its brilliant idea which was murdered.. brilliantly!
