The hint at disagreement among the performers about who can and cannot call themselves Muslim is particularly provocative — a debate that would have been better off played out on-screen rather than summarized after the fact.
Although not wholly successful in its sociological aspirations, the film does provide both considerable laughs and food for thought.
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Chicago Sun-TimesBill Stamets
Chicago Sun-TimesBill Stamets
Muslim comics are correct about not needing to defend their faith in post-9/11 America. Their patriotism is not the point. I just wish they told better jokes.
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Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
I kept expecting Sacha Baron Cohen to traipse onto the scene. Alas, he doesn’t.
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Village VoiceErnest Hardy
Village VoiceErnest Hardy
One part stand-up comedy concert film (think Kings of Comedy) to two parts social outreach activism, documentary The Muslims Are Coming! works somewhat better as the latter than the former.
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Despite their supposedly good intentions, the comedian-filmmakers broach the doc's central subject with crass and offensive standup routines that wouldn't be out of place on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.