The Hidden Half
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49 out of 100

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  • Summary: A judge discovers his wife's militant past in this story of rebel activists operating in Iran in the 1980s after the country's Islamic revolution.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: David Ehrenstein
    80
    Out of prison, Milani is still not allowed to leave Iran. Whether she will ever get the chance to make another film there is doubtful, all the more reason not to miss this one.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    50
    Courageous but uneven The Hidden Half landed the director in jail.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    40
    The confused script makes this a tough film for audiences to dig into.
  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: David Chute
    40
    Ultimately, The Hidden Half is shopworn feminist soap opera, enacted in a political echo chamber.

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