I Can't Think Straight (2008)
"Two cultures. Two women. One love."
ThumbScore
👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 18%
(RT: 18%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lisa Ray as Tala
Sheetal Sheth as Leyla
Antonia Frering as Reema
Dalip Tahil as Omar
Nina Wadia as Housekeeper
Siddiqua Akhtar as Maya
Amber Rose Revah as Yasmin
Ernest Ignatius as Sam
Is I Can't Think Straight good?
Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 337 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 18%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. Wikipedia ↗
