Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- grounded
- intimate
- thoughtful date night
- arthouse film night
What sets it apart
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Naru's cooking-show work and conflict with her ex turn sexism and Afghan legal inequality into the film's central comic and dramatic pressure.
Naru lives with her three-year-old son while Afghan law favors the father, making her ex-husband's demands an immediate threat to her family.
Naru films cooking shows and receives a disruptive call from her ex during a live broadcast.
Naru and her son live in her parents' Kabul apartment, making the family home the pressure point for law, patriarchy, and survival.
Films like No Good Men, and why
A Separation
shared domestic realism, gender inequality, family-law pressure, and emotionally restrained social drama
The Salesman
shared contemporary southwest asian setting, patriarchal social tension, moral ambiguity, and intimate relationship drama
Wadjda
shared female-centered coming-of-age perspective, social constraints, gentle humor, and everyday resistance to patriarchy
Movie Details
- Director
- Shahrbanoo Sadat
- Release Date
- 2026-05-28
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Shahrbanoo Sadat
- Anwar Hashimi
- Liam Hussaini
- Yasin Negah
- Torkan Omari
- Fatim Zahra El Hassani
- Ahmad Anuar Azizi
- Masihullah Tajzai
- Laila Mahmudi
- Farzad Hamidpadgan
Common questions
- What is No Good Men about?
- A Kabul cooking-show filmmaker confronts patriarchal custody rules and her estranged husband's demands while trying to protect her young son and rebuild her sense of self.
- What is No Good Men like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of No Good Men as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is No Good Men violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in No Good Men.
- Which films are like No Good Men?
- Films with a similar feel include A Separation, The Salesman, and Wadjda.
- How long is No Good Men?
- No Good Men runs 103 minutes.
