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86 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: With a strange mission, a group of people from the city come to a small village in Iran. They are awaiting the death of a 100+ year old woman, while pretending to be communication engineers.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    A film poem of sometimes humbling beauty: a movie that opens up a new world to us - in the mountains of Iranian Kurdistan - with an enchanting freshness and austerity of vision.
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  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    A full-fledged masterpiece.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    On the surface, nothing really happens, but to call it a nonevent would be to miss the point entirely.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. RezaT.
    10
    This is by far the best Kiarostami`s film. Watching it is an amazing journey to human soul.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. LizD.
    9
    An awesome film. and the "engineer" appears as a good guy--who is really an assassin.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. NaomiH
    6
    I have to admit, this was a very difficult film for me to sit through. I happen to be one that loves slow, beautiful movies. I stand up to criticism from friends and family who think foreign films are boring and plotless. I don't want to give this a poor review, I just want people to be aware that not everyone has the right sensibilities to enjoy this film. I thought I did, but I was wrong. If the intention was to exasperate me every time the phone rang, the film won. Boy did it win.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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