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Day I Became a Woman, The
The Shooting Gallery

Day I Became a Woman, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 84 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.6 out of 10
based on 24 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Shabnam Toloui, Azizeh Sedighi, Hassan Nebhan, Sirous Kahvarinegad, and Badr Iravani

An Iranian film about women whose problem is being who they are: women. (Shooting Gallery)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Mohsen Makhmalbaf  
DIRECTED BY: Marzieh Meshkini  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: April 6, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Iran 
LANGUAGE(S): Farsi (with English subtitles) 

Also known as "Roozi khe zan shodam"

What The Critics Said

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100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Achieves its social commentary through passion and poetry.
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100
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Charged with humanity and compassion.
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93
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
So breathtakingly textural, so empathic in its images, that it transcends its context and achieves timelessness.
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91
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Creates a flow of symbolism so potent, so transporting in its physicality, that its impact all but transcends its righteous liberal ''meaning.''
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90
Film.com Tom Keogh
An exquisite trio.
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90
The New York Times Stephen Holden
What appears on the screen has a starkness that is almost indelible.
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90
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Breathtaking reverie worthy of Fellini.
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89
Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
The film is dignified rather than dour, full of rich imagery.
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88
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
Underlines the nightmare of entrapment so vividly captured in The Day I Became a Woman.
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88
Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Takes 20 minutes to burst into fierce, inspired filmmaking.
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88
Boston Globe Jay Carr
What you're not prepared for in Marziyeh Meshkini's astonishing debut film is the way its central image instantly leaps into the pantheon of world cinema with a rightness and an urgency that glue your eyes to the screen.
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88
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
This powerful, compact trilogy speaks volumes about women in Iran.
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88
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
One of the strengths of this film is that it never pauses to explain.
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88
Chicago Tribune Mark Caro
Announces the arrival of an undeniable talent (Meshkini) that has come of age.
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80
Chicago Reader Jean-Pierre Coursodon
Compelling collection of three loosely connected vignettes.
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80
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Short on drama but long on poetry.
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80
Washington Post Rita Kempley
An episodic drama rich in sly humor and symbolic imagery.
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80
Variety Deborah Young
A powerful statement about the social oppression of women in today's Iran.
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80
Village Voice J. Hoberman
Opens cute and poignant, turns wildly visceral, and ends in a burst of magical realism.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
Graceful compositions and slow, easy pacing.
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75
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Slight but affecting triptych.
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70
New Times (L.A.) Jean Oppenheimer
A spare film, with little dialogue but a lot to say.
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70
TV Guide Ken Fox
A bold, vibrant piece of filmmaking.
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50
LA Weekly David Chute
Promising, if uneven, first feature.
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