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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe performances of this quiet Iranian drama are utterly genuine, and the story is a delicate blend of slice-of-life realism and soft-spoken social commentary.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanEnriches a deceptively anecdotal plot with a combination of observational camerawork, strong narrative rhythms, and deft characterization.
- 80Chicago ReaderRonnie ScheibChicago ReaderRonnie ScheibHassan Yektapanah's first film attests to the deceptive simplicity of Iranian cinema, transforming the most minimal of props, scenes, and stories into a complex journey of discovery.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensAn investigation, at once lucid and enigmatic, of exile, loneliness and the fragile possibility of friendship.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonMay strike some audiences as even more real than Kiarostami's work, because the story is so luminously open. Watching it, we enter, without barriers, a world.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanYektapanah's stripped-down methods --remote setting, a cast of locals, the sparest of scripts -- are used so effectively, it quickly becomes clear that he's most concerned with the similarities rather than the differences between people.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanAgonizingly slow-moving and talky, it consists primarily of conversations between two men in a truck.