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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23

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  1. mubagreen
    Aug 25, 2011
    10
    what can i say about this movie .whether its music or cinematography or acting or editing .everything in the movie is top notch.the theme of the movie forgiveness is very divine. fatih akin handles this multidimensional subject with great care and it surpasses the film babel in one way 'simplicity'
  2. JayH.
    Oct 13, 2008
    7
    Powerful film, a bit too slow moving at times, but the characters are richly developed, great and well developed screenplay. Fine acting all around. Touching and moving.
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  3. ElliottM
    Dec 23, 2008
    10
    Far and away the best thing I saw in 2008. Still can't stop thinking about it.
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  4. SM
    Dec 31, 2008
    10
    You won't regret watching this. Promise!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  5. Tram
    Oct 27, 2008
    1
    Cultures clash and then heal by film's end. Awfully heavy-handed allegory of EU-Turkey relations. Very disappointing, in light of Akin's previous effort, Head-On (2001) - a far more honest melodrama.
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  6. Angie
    Nov 30, 2008
    7
    While this movie may have got me thinking about, well, stuff, I didn't really enjoy it. I found the acting to be very good, but I didn't care for the meandering, situational storyline. That's just me.
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  7. FreddyL
    Jan 19, 2009
    10
    While I was bothered by the "see how it all fits together" narrative in other films, such as "Crash", and "Babel", here it works out well, in an impressive and very moving film.
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  8. RobertI.
    Jun 21, 2008
    9
    Intertwining of people and places, with verisimilitude in the weaving, mixing human dignity and decency and desire. All that's missing is a gifted cinematographic eye, which would have raised the scenes to a 10.
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Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    75
    Intermittently powerful drama explores a cross-cultural estrangement.
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  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    60
    Like a more personal, less pretentious version of Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel," this spiraling dissection of circumstance, choice and fate is more about thoroughness of vision than tricky storytelling.
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  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    All too often, films about interconnected lives stumble under the weight of coincidences. Not The Edge of Heaven.
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