- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Release Date: Dec 30, 2011
- Summary:
- Director: Asghar Farhadi
- Genre(s): Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 41
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Mixed: 0 out of 41
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Negative: 0 out of 41
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100The movie has such a profound and compassionate understanding of human behavior, family ties and the way ordinary people respond when they're forced into a moral quandary, I can't imagine anyone not being transfixed by it.
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100The story winds its way over the material, forcing the characters and the viewers to constantly reassess everything they have seen and heard.
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100It's a mystery wrapped inside an enigmatic nation, flawlessly acted and difficult to predict. I'm always impressed when a movie informs about a foreign culture while it entertains, and this one is powerful art in that regard.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 57 out of 62
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Mixed: 3 out of 62
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Negative: 2 out of 62
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