70
While Milani lacks an overall cinematic vision, she skillfully uses composition and camera movement to underline emotions in each scene.
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50
Its awkward mix of polemic and melodramatics probably won't travel very well.
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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Heart-pounding melodrama.
63
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
A daring feminist movie that, while straightforward to a fault, is a rare opportunity to sample a female point of view from Iran, where such a thing is usually a veiled subject.
63
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
It's fascinating and moving all the same, both in its depiction of Iranian daily life and in its powerful portrait of female oppression.
70
The New York Times by Lawrence Van Gelder
Impressive, unsettling, deeply felt film.