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Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard
Never is there an Iranian perspective on the proceedings, giving the documentary the jingoistic bent its title implies.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
This polished, comprehensive-feeling film makes clear how much of the work was done by our neighbors to the north.
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The story can’t help but work — even when its directors are beating viewers over the head with the message.
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The New York Times by Neil Genzlinger
There’s nothing like hearing a harrowing tale from the people who lived it.
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Informative but tedious talking-head doc Our Man in Tehran is for anyone who watched Argo and then wished to hear a ditzy, history-obsessed uncle ramble about the real-life political stakes of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.