Well, for me the technical and artistic achievement lagged behind the important message.
It was just too much "entertainment" and too little "drama" for me. The director should have focused more on one of these aspects.
A similar film you might enjoy ,and which i found artistically more satisfying is "Rana's Wedding" by Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now). The lead actress Clara Khoury is the same as in "The Syrian Bride".