80
A small, direct, tantalizing documentary.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
75
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
The tone is attentive and responsible.
70
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
A rare example of a successful documentary in the mode of Frederick Wiseman made outside the United States.
70
An illuminating depiction of Islamic women that is entirely at odds with what we are often lead to believe.
75
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
A highly provocative documentary.
75
San Francisco Chronicle by Peter Stack
Captures the emotions of spousal charges, countercharges, defenses and pleadings ranging from brutally sarcastic to despairing.
70
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Reminds you that marital discord knows no geographic boundaries.
88
San Francisco Examiner by Wesley Morris
A document of vexing (and vexed) immediacy.