24 Frames
Janus Films | Release Date: February 2, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireFeb 1, 2018
As delightful as it is surprising. The surprises begin with the fact that the Iranian master’s last work is, of all things, essentially an animated film. Read full review
100
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonJan 31, 2018
We like cows and crows and snow, but it’s Kiarostami’s phenomenological presence that somehow turns every image or camera posture into a question about living, seeing, empathy, and essence. Read full review
91
The PlaylistBradley WarrenMay 27, 2017
24 Frames snaps still-life photography out of its stasis, giving its images a brief history and miniature stories, even if it’s just the movement of cows in and out of a shot. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungMay 27, 2017
The sheer purity of the imagery is entrancing and puts it among his finest, most uplifting works. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineCarson LundJan 31, 2018
Movement and progress are the organizing principles throughout Abbas Kiarostami's final, posthumously released film. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJan 30, 2018
It’s at once inspiring and heartbreaking to see a master with nothing left to prove still pushing the envelope in the final years of his life. He had plenty left to give us. Read full review
80
The GuardianXan BrooksMay 27, 2017
Yes, 24 Frames is rigorously experimental; it demands patience and engagement. But this haunted ghost-film had me completely entranced. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 27, 2017
It’s an elegantly oblique movie, even for Kiarostami, whose art thrums with quiet ethereal metaphor. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 12, 2018
You’ll be in the mood for it or you won’t. 24 Frames is slow cinema at its slowest, and as meaningful as you want to make it. Above all, it breathes with the sensibility of an artist who saw beauty in people and places where most of us never thought to look. Read full review
75
The AtlanticDavid SimsFeb 1, 2018
Even by Kiarostami’s standards, this is a daringly, charmingly tedious piece of cinema, one pushing at the boundaries of what you could even call a “movie.” Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisFeb 1, 2018
24 Frames can’t help but be affecting because it is Kiarostami’s final movie. But it’s intellectually uninvolving, and its technical limitations prove frustrating. Read full review
70
The New YorkerRichard BrodyJan 29, 2018
Above all, the movie offers the mournful thrill of new methods that Kiarostami didn’t live to develop further. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFeb 21, 2018
24 Frames is a classically Kiarostami work, indicative of his life’s curiosities and trademark inquiries, but far short of a culminating utterance. Read full review
50
The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaMay 27, 2017
Although the animation effect is for the most part quite well-rendered and the animals are brought to life with impressive fluidity, there always remains a slightly jarring artificiality that prevents the viewer from fully sinking into the focused and contemplative spectatorship mode he’d intended. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMar 14, 2018
Still, I’m not sure Kiarostami really intended this film to be a movie. It seems more like an art installation. Of note is the terrific sound design; the sound is credited to Ensieh Maleki, who captures full, rich, peaceful sounds of nature. Read full review
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