The Lebanese Burger Mafia

2023

Action / Comedy / Documentary

3
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 99 99

immigration fast food restaurant family business diaspora calgary alberta

Plot summary

The heir to a Burger Baron franchise, the filmmaker chases clues through rural Alberta, capturing the trials and tribulations of Arab immigrants while uncovering the saga of a rogue fast-food chain with mysterious origins and a cult following.

Director

Omar Mouallem Photo
Omar Mouallem

Top cast

Omar Mouallem Photo
Omar Mouallem as Self
Rudy Kemaldean Photo
Rudy Kemaldean as Self
Saleh Kemaldean Photo
Saleh Kemaldean as Self
Anna Lund Photo
Anna Lund as Self
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915.26 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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1.83 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by omouallem 10 / 10

Addressing the sound issues

Hi, I'm the filmmaker. The reason I'm leaving this 10/10 review is because it's the only way for me to address the other reviews about the sound mix (and obviously I'm not giving my movie anything less than a 10).So, unfortunately subscribers of Paramount+ channel via Prime/AppleTV have to suffer through a faulty audio mix causing the music to overpower the dialogue. We've tried repeatedly and with much frustration to ask P+ to fix it, but they have shown apathy towards addressing the issue, which is not only insulting to its customers but the artists behind our film.This is in no way representative of musician Ashraf El-Assaly or sound designer Johnny Blerot, both of whom received award nominations for their work on this film. I'd personally rather you not watch the Lebanese Burger Mafia at all than try to than try to endure this version with subtitles.To our knowledge, this issue occurs exclusively when watching through Prime's P+ subscription channel. If you're beholden to Paramount+ as a Prime channel, you have other options.1. Cancel the P+ Prime sub and re-sign up directly through the P+ app (the cost is the same).2. Watch the movie on Prime Video via laptop or tablet/phone apps. Although these methods may not be the most ideal, they do not experience the audio problem.3. Rent the film on Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, or another VOD platform.We also encourage you to contact Paramount+ and voice your frustrations with their poor customer experience.
Reviewed by zarpricezar 5 / 10

Cant make out what anyone is saying

The audio mix is awful, we fast forwarded maybe 20 minutes in but with the current audio mixing I literally can't make out 80% of what is being said over the music. This is disappointing as I was interested in watching this and started a free trial of Paramount + just to watch this. Unfortunately I didn't feel like watching with subtitles on. Apparently there is a minimum length for reviews now? Did you know that? I did not know that. But now I do. I'm still 150 characters short this is ridiculous. Now I'm 100 characters short. I live in Alberta and eaten at the Burger Baron in Olds and Carstairs.
Reviewed by kxjpmtpj 5 / 10

Sound

I am generally interested in watching this. My first observation was how the music drowned out the dialogue in the intro. I'm not exaggerating when I say that the voices represented maybe 20% of the overall sound. I waited to see if this was confined to the intro, but shortly after there was another audio washout. It's unfortunate, because (for me) it really takes away from what I have no doubt is an excellent story.I have only seen 10 minutes, and would have scored it as a 2 for watchability based on sound, but raised it to 5 because I found the subject interesting and wanted to give the filmmaker the benefit of the doubt.
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