The Hunter
User Score
7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

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  1. MorriBey
    Jan 29, 2012
    10
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Metascore
76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ryan Lattanzio
    Mar 29, 2012
    100
    The plot is spare, but unsettling imagery elevates The Hunter to the level of pure cinema.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Feb 29, 2012
    88
    This is a parable about modern Iran, and like many recent Iranian films it leaves its meaning to the viewer. One of the wise decisions by Rafi Pitts, its writer, director and star, is to include no dialogue that ever actually states the politics of its hero.
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  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    Jan 5, 2012
    63
    Cinematographer Mohammad Davudi's nighttime shots of jammed Tehran highways help convey the society's dehumanization. Scenes of a vast forest outside the city, where Ali releases tension by hunting, are powerful in their own, sparse way.
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