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There's very little explicit exposition here; instead, Majidi presents us with a series of glistening tone poems.
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Majid Majidi's exquisite film The Willow Tree"is likely to make a very brief stop in theaters en route to home video, so catch it when and if you can.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Although The Willow Tree occasionally suffers from a surfeit of portentous symbolism, it is ultimately a powerful portrait of a man who gets what he always wanted.
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The New York Times by Stephen Holden
The Iranian director Majid Majidi’s sad, soulful film The Willow Tree is his second movie to explore blindness and sight on multiple levels.