19 different cities. The tour was a huge success, with over 10,000 tickets being sold across the tour and the Leicester Square event, alone, raising over £100,000 for charity. Penny Appeal founder Adeem Younis confirmed in his 2021 book 'Small Change Big Difference: The Penny Appeal Story' that the Finding Fatimah tour raised over £600,000. Soundtrack The film's score was written and recorded by composer James Hesford. The soundtrack features "The First Cut Is the Deepest" by Cat Stevens. Stevens granted the production the rights to use the song for free due to liking the rough cut of the film he was shown. "Life is a Love-Story" is performed by Scor-Zay-Zee, who makes a cameo in the film. Reception The film received mixed reviews from mainstream publications. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 13% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 4.12/10. In the mainstream media, one consistent point was the film's high production values given its budget of just £325,000. The Evening Standard gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, praising its use of a "staggeringly low budget". The sentiment was repeated by MaryAnn Johanson, writing for Flick Filosopher, who said "Arshad makes his ridiculously low-budget film look far more expensive: I would never have guessed that Finding Fatimah was made for under half a million pounds. That’s just nuts". Overall, she said "There’s lots to like in this mostly sweet British Muslim rom-com. Pity, then, that it tries too hard, instead of trusting its characters, and sabotages itself", awarding the film 2.5 stars out of 5. Total Film gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, praising the chemistry between the leads and comparing the writing to vintage Richard Curtis. ShortList gave the film a positive review, with their takeaway being that it "Refreshingly explores a romantic red line that isn't farcially extreme, but instead an unspoken barrier to love for so many". The National Student gave the film 4 out of 5, praising what it achieves on such a small budget and claiming that "it hangs together seamlessly in terms of production value; it's well edited and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish" and calling Oz Arshad's debut as director "a triumph". Ahead of its release, The Guardian praised the film for "putting authentic British Asian characters centre-screen" and poised that it might "help end Muslim stereotypes