Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- witty
- breezy
- warm
- lazy sunday
- family movie night
What critics said
Aggregate reception signals are limited, but the film received multiple Iranian festival nominations and wins, especially for Vishka Asayesh's performance and its screenplay.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Pariya and several students deliberately engineer circumstances intended to make the strict headmistress fall for the newly hired male teacher.
Bita Darabi's lifelong prohibition on male teachers is disrupted when academic necessity forces her to hire Vahid Jebeli.
Preparing the school's best students for the chemistry Olympiad motivates the hiring decision and keeps the school community focused on achievement.
The central premise turns the headmistress's ban on male teachers into a comic obstacle to professional necessity and attraction.
Films like No Men Allowed, and why
The School of Rock
school-set romantic comedy driven by clashing personalities, playful schemes, and warm ensemble humor
The Proposal
witty romance built around an opposites-attract pairing and comic social obstacles
Mean Girls
youth-centered school comedy with mischievous students and an authority figure softened by affection
Movie Details
- Director
- Rambod Javan
- Release Date
- 2011-06-15
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (36)
Cast
- Vishka Asayesh
- Reza Attaran
- Mani Haghighi
- Pegah Ahangarani
- Setareh Pesyani
- Hadis Miramini
- Parinaz Izadyar
- Bahare Rahnama
- Zohre Hamidi
- Siavash Cheraghipour
Common questions
- What is No Men Allowed about?
- A conservative Iranian headmistress hires the bumbling male teacher she once forbade, unaware that her students are plotting a romance between them.
- What is No Men Allowed like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of No Men Allowed as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is No Men Allowed violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in No Men Allowed.
- What did critics think of No Men Allowed?
- Aggregate reception signals are limited, but the film received multiple Iranian festival nominations and wins, especially for Vishka Asayesh's performance and its screenplay.
- Which films are like No Men Allowed?
- Films with a similar feel include The School of Rock, The Proposal, and Mean Girls.
- How long is No Men Allowed?
- No Men Allowed runs 102 minutes.
