Critics’ Pick Village Voice, New York 2015
People Magazine’s Pick of the Week 2015
Must See Indie Pick 2015
 
“Dukhtar grabs you from the outset and never lets go”
“a gorgeous, suspenseful cinematic achievement”
- LA Times
 
“a road journey to end all road journeys”
- Huffington Post
 
“groundbreaking”
“unlike anything done by a director from this part of the world”
- Indiewire
 
“Nathaniel proves her mettle in a national industry where distaff directors are rare”
- Variety
 
 “a great against-all-odds adventure”
- The Hollywood Reporter
 
“never changes from dream to nightmare.
Instead, it inhabits a heightened, brilliantly colorful version of what lies between;
call it reality.”
- Village Voice, Critics’ Pick
 
 “its principal merit is the quiet authority of Ms. Mumtaz,
who combines a mother’s passionate concern
with glimmers of an awakening consciousness”
- The New York Times
 
"riveting and edifying"
- People Magazine (Pick of the Week)

 “forceful but quiet”
“leaves viewers with a deep sense of connection to the story”
“Dukhtar is a must-see film”
- Brown Girl Magazine
 
“like a fable or a folk tale,
fraught with forbidden potential romance and ever-present danger.”
- Breitbart
 
“gorgeous thriller”
- Women and Hollywood
 
“haunting”
“like a fairytale”
- the three tomatoes
 
“a stunning, emotive work that takes to task oppressive patriarchy”
- LA Times
 
“To see Dukhtar is to see Pakistan with new eyes:
vivacious in color, heart-aching in scope, stunning in size.”
Dukhtar reminds us what it means to be human,
what it means to love, and what it means to sacrifice for it.”
- The Young Folks
 
“Dukhtar will resonate with viewers”
- Hot Pink Pen
 
"beautiful, powerful and unsettling"
- truthout.org
 
“intense”
“will have you on the edge of your seat.”
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
“impressive”
“as emotionally involving as it is visually spectacular.”
- Victoria Times Colonist
 
“the women-centric movie has become the filmgoer’s delight”
- Times of India
 
 “this testament to the inextinguishable spirit of storytelling
was entirely worth the decade-long wait.”
- The Aerogram
 
“For giving voice to these silent women, Dukhtar is important, and imperative, and moving.
But it’s also simply a very gripping escape film.
It’s not one I will soon forget on any count.”
- flickfilosopher.com
 
“The success of this intriguing story is tied to Nathaniel’s assured direction,
who creates one of the more stunning debuts of the last several years.”
- Way Too Indie
 
“a fiery feminist film”
- Times of Israel
 
“Dukhtar is a road trip to freedom, fueled by hope”
- Patheos
 
“as heroic as it is heartwarming”
- slantmagazine.com
 
“Dukhtar (Daughter) is a Pakistani film that ironically follows the same plot as “Mad Max: Fury Road”
but that leaves it in the dust—a metaphor appropriate for the tale of women escaping from warlords
​in a truck driven by a sympathetic man.”
- Louis Proyect
 
“a first rate thriller that never once mishandles its urgency or social importance”
- audienceseverywhere.net
 
“Rarely have I seen the mother-daughter bond depicted in the cinema
with such candor and emotion.”
- The Young Folks