You have no idea how much I'm thankful of this team of filmmakers who captured the wicked moments of Islamic fundamentalism in post-revolution of Iran.
Forget about all the negative reviews. If anyone thinks this film is showing Muslim Iranians who are on the side of Islamic Republic of Iran badly, they should come and live here for sometime. They simply haven't got a clue how Iran is and how living under this regime is. Iran is running by an Islamic fundamentalist totalitarian regime.
I'm sure nowadays if people and critics watch this film again will react to it extremely different. These days almost everyone knows about us. On 1991 lots of people didn't even know where Iran was on the map so they couldn't judge this film precisely.
For example, Argo which was released in 2012 was received very positively and had a similar story and I think Argo was even a bit weaker than this in terms of showing the horrors of living under Islamic regimes. Maybe not to cause Islamophobia which is a total fallacy that these days people use to justify their actions and stay center.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a perfect film and it has its own flaws. But its strength are many. The way it portraits the face of Islam in the family, those lies, hypocrisy, domestic violence, akhondism, kid soldiers for throwing on mines... these are unique to this film and history. We are living them everyday.
Betty Lover ''Mahmoody'' tried to capture the things she witnessed on her book. I haven't read it but I think they could adapt it in a good way. Because things that we are seeing on this film are true.
Iran after the revolution was and is a very dark country esp. In 1984-1986, in the middle of Iran-Iraq war.
7.5/10.
Forget about all the negative reviews. If anyone thinks this film is showing Muslim Iranians who are on the side of Islamic Republic of Iran badly, they should come and live here for sometime. They simply haven't got a clue how Iran is and how living under this regime is. Iran is running by an Islamic fundamentalist totalitarian regime.
I'm sure nowadays if people and critics watch this film again will react to it extremely different. These days almost everyone knows about us. On 1991 lots of people didn't even know where Iran was on the map so they couldn't judge this film precisely.
For example, Argo which was released in 2012 was received very positively and had a similar story and I think Argo was even a bit weaker than this in terms of showing the horrors of living under Islamic regimes. Maybe not to cause Islamophobia which is a total fallacy that these days people use to justify their actions and stay center.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a perfect film and it has its own flaws. But its strength are many. The way it portraits the face of Islam in the family, those lies, hypocrisy, domestic violence, akhondism, kid soldiers for throwing on mines... these are unique to this film and history. We are living them everyday.
Betty Lover ''Mahmoody'' tried to capture the things she witnessed on her book. I haven't read it but I think they could adapt it in a good way. Because things that we are seeing on this film are true.
Iran after the revolution was and is a very dark country esp. In 1984-1986, in the middle of Iran-Iraq war.
7.5/10.