Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- breezy
- heightened
- casual group viewing
- comedy night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The three surviving girls are cursed into young men after attempting to sell the family palace and must navigate life in their new forms.
The old palace cannot be sold without triggering a curse, and the family’s attempts to dispose of it drive the plot.
The Egyptian comedy combines an Arabian curse, ensemble farce, and the protagonists’ awkward adjustment to masculine behavior.
The palace’s curse is explicitly tied to attempts to sell it and returns when the grown survivors repeat that effort.
Films like Female Cousins, and why
The Hot Chick
gender transformation, broad ensemble humor, and fantasy-driven identity confusion
Freaky Friday
comic body-switching premise, fish-out-of-water situations, and playful identity disruption
Some Like It Hot
farcical gender disguise, heightened comedy, and characters adapting to altered social roles
Movie Details
- Director
- Ahmed Samir Farag
- Release Date
- 2012-01-25
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (26)
Cast
- Ahmad Fahmy
- Shiko
- Hesham Maged
- Salah Abdallah
- Edward
- Ahmed Fathy
- Yosra El Lozy
- Tamer Shaltout
- Ayman Mansour
- Badria Tolba
Common questions
- What is Female Cousins about?
- Three young women transformed into men by their family palace’s curse must master an unfamiliar masculine life before the supernatural inheritance overwhelms them.
- What is Female Cousins like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Female Cousins as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Female Cousins violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Female Cousins as mild.
- Which films are like Female Cousins?
- Films with a similar feel include The Hot Chick, Freaky Friday, and Some Like It Hot.
- How long is Female Cousins?
- Female Cousins runs 90 minutes.
