Like Someone in Love(ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ)

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As it turns out, it's the first, not the last, word of the title that's key to this droll, elegant but faintly trying study in emotional artifice.

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

While not his best work, Like Someone in Love is a nimble expression of Kiarostami's appeal: He remains one of the few directors capable of pulling you into a narrative and making you question its motives at every turn.

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

The director has made disappointing films before — a more generous word might be transitional — but never one so slight.

The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth

There is a fine line between meeting an audience halfway and witholding enough without falling into self-indulgence, but Kiarostami can't make that balance here. Enigmatic and dull to a maddening degree, Like Someone In Love finds Kiarostami spinning his wheels.

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Is this the stuff of gripping drama? Not at all. But like nearly all of Kiarostami’s films, it’s the stuff of good conversation.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

The movie is playful and makes no easy moral judgments.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

It is a beautifully shot, and very nicely acted beginning to something: but finally frustrating.

Village Voice by Scott Foundas

The movie's sense of immutable desire resonates well after the lights have come up.