Circumstance
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6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 3 out of 14

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Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 24
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  1. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    Oct 13, 2011
    75
    Circumstance, the story of the budding romance between two high school girls, is unlike any adolescent love story you've ever seen: This one takes place in Tehran.
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  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    Oct 6, 2011
    75
    As the plot moves toward the climax, where each girl is forced to make a hard choice dictated by her unique "circumstance," that feeling of compression, of so many contradictory urges and needs vying for attention, grows almost overwhelming. Such is life among the young in present-day Tehran, up on the screen for all to see – all but those who most need to see it.
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Calvin Wilson
    Sep 16, 2011
    75
    Offers an inside look at Iran in all its cultural complexity.
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