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80 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: The story of an active 8 year-old blind boy who shows how he senses the world without sight. The film also follows the progress of the father-son relationship after the death of the mother.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    100
    The film's climax involves a father and son reunion that is tense, tragic and, finally, as transcendent as Mohammad himself.
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  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    100
    This is a transcendent film, deeply committed and beautifully wrought. It will make anyone who sees it look at the world with new eyes.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Although it has a good heart and a warm spirit, this prettily filmed drama is more sentimental and manipulative than earlier Iranian films on youth-related subjects.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. NaveenA.
    10
    This is a wonderful movie. It is sheer poetry on cellulide. The last scene brings tears in viewer's eyes.
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  2. JunaD.
    10
    Its one of the best movies i ever saw..... In the first scene, When he touches his father's hand...there is a load of emotion unleashed...it was so good...and the scene where he saves a baby bird..the thought wouldn't have flashed even in a perfect human's eye...totally....AWESOME BLOSSOM!!… Expand
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