Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
positive
18(95%)
mixed
1(5%)
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A celebration of the human spirit nothing short of sublime.
100
Kiarostami's genius is elusive. His films may be unknowable, but they are undeniably hypnotic, charismatic.
100
Takes the refined work of Iranian helmer Abbas Kiarostami up another notch to ever more metaphoric ground.
100
A film poem of sometimes humbling beauty: a movie that opens up a new world to us - in the mountains of Iranian Kurdistan - with an enchanting freshness and austerity of vision.
100
To my mind, the greatest film by Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami.
100
A full-fledged masterpiece.
93
The best film we'll see this year.
90
Its effects seem more like those of a poem or a piece of music than a movie. Requires the reverent darkness and communal solitude of a theater.
90
Will test your powers of attention. The effort is worth every minute.
90
The rhythm of rural life has rarely seemed so lucid and luminous.
