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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin Video
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin Video
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary The Iran Job follows American basketball player Kevin Sheppard as he accepts a job to play in one of the world’s most feared countries: Iran. With tensions running high between Iran and the West, Kevin tries to separate sports from politics only to find that politics is impossible to escape in Iran. Along the way he forms an unlikely all...

Directed By: Till Schauder

Written By: Till Schauder

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin Video
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin Video
  • 1 h 30 m

The Iran Job

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Iran Job follows American basketball player Kevin Sheppard as he accepts a job to play in one of the world’s most feared countries: Iran. With tensions running high between Iran and the West, Kevin tries to separate sports from politics only to find that politics is impossible to escape in Iran. Along the way he forms an unlikely all...

Directed By: Till Schauder

Written By: Till Schauder

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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29% Mixed
2 Reviews
14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
67
57% Positive
4 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
14% Negative
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83
Oct 10, 2012
The sports drama gives The Iran Job a strong hook, while the cultural context enriches the movie's real story, which is less about Sheppard's life in Iran than about the people he meets.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 27, 2012
One of those documentaries that is sad and hopeful in equal measure and exceptional in its storytelling.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 12, 2012
This observant documentary avoids pedagogy; it's not always artful, but it has a relaxed, light touch that never topples into pretension.
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63
Mar 27, 2013
The description sounds like a real-life fish-out-of-water tale crossed with a sports movie. But the film wants to be more than that, and I'm on the fence about how well it succeeds.
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60
Oct 9, 2012
The documentary's technique of cutting between warm exchanges and the bellicose rhetoric of then-presidents Ahmadinejad and Bush wears thin with overuse, but the big-hearted Sheppard makes for an amiable tour guide.
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60
Sep 25, 2012
Although it presents itself as merely the story of a professional basketball player named Kevin Sheppard, who, never quite making it to the NBA, has spent his career playing in lesser leagues overseas, The Iran Job ends up being quite a bit more: an underdog sports story, a fish-out-of-water tale, and an outsider's perspective on Iran's almost-revolution of early 2009.
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38
Oct 12, 2012
Though there's something refreshing, and disturbingly familiar, about Kevin Sheppard's spontaneity, he's certainly not the most interesting thing about the film.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fork Films, Partner Pictures, The Post Republic
Release Date Sep 28, 2012
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The story of an American basketball player in Iran.
Website http://www.facebook.com/TheIranJob
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Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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