Tulpan
User Score
6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
  3. Negative: 9 out of 28

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  1. TimF
    Apr 26, 2009
    10
    From the endlessly windswept landscape to the amazing extended scenes, every portion of the film was fascinating.
  2. adhiban
    Aug 23, 2011
    9
    Indeed, this movie make a unique feel due to its landscape in which the film is taken(a dusty grass less prairie). The reality in this movie does not tends to mitigate at any instance. Surely everyone has in mind at last, why the movie name TULPAN? the reason is, many became unaware of the subtle romance of this movie, the feature even no other romantic genre movies did not possess. But there is no need for the contemplative search towards the movie name, because the theme of the movie matters more than its name.… Expand
  3. mubagreen
    Aug 25, 2011
    10
    " few films entertain us and few films engross us ,and this movie is full of life". this movie is a milestone in independent film making. the most beautiful thing in the movie is the way the director handles the actors ..

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Metascore
88 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    The acting and story are solid, but the real star of Tulpan is the gorgeous, never-ending landscape -- flat and arid, and home to camels, goats and lambs, and hearty people who live in tentlike yurts.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    90
    Might be described as an epic landscape film, a sweetly comic coming-of-age story or a lyrical work of social realism. But the setting -- a windswept, sparely populated steppe in southern Kazakhstan -- gives the movie a mood that sometimes feels closer to that of science fiction.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    100
    In every respect, this unclassifiable movie is an amazing accomplishment.
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