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The Day I Became a Woman
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84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Charged with humanity and compassion.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    100
    Achieves its social commentary through passion and poetry.
  3. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    93
    So breathtakingly textural, so empathic in its images, that it transcends its context and achieves timelessness.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    91
    Creates a flow of symbolism so potent, so transporting in its physicality, that its impact all but transcends its righteous liberal ''meaning.''
  5. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    90
    An exquisite trio.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    Breathtaking reverie worthy of Fellini.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    What appears on the screen has a starkness that is almost indelible.
  8. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marrit Ingman
    89
    The film is dignified rather than dour, full of rich imagery.
  9. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    One of the strengths of this film is that it never pauses to explain.
  10. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Mark Caro
    88
    Announces the arrival of an undeniable talent (Meshkini) that has come of age.
  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    88
    This powerful, compact trilogy speaks volumes about women in Iran.
  12. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Desmond Ryan
    88
    Underlines the nightmare of entrapment so vividly captured in The Day I Became a Woman.
  13. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    88
    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.
  14. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    88
    Takes 20 minutes to burst into fierce, inspired filmmaking.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    Opens cute and poignant, turns wildly visceral, and ends in a burst of magical realism.
  16. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    80
    A powerful statement about the social oppression of women in today's Iran.
  17. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    80
    Short on drama but long on poetry.
  18. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    80
    An episodic drama rich in sly humor and symbolic imagery.
  19. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jean-Pierre Coursodon
    80
    Compelling collection of three loosely connected vignettes.
  20. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    75
    Slight but affecting triptych.
  21. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    75
    Graceful compositions and slow, easy pacing.
  22. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    70
    A bold, vibrant piece of filmmaking.
  23. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Jean Oppenheimer
    70
    A spare film, with little dialogue but a lot to say.
  24. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: David Chute
    50
    Promising, if uneven, first feature.
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