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New Yorker Films | Release Date: May 3, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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90
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Beyond giving a human face to Uganda's crises, Kiarostami attempts to capture the actual place, a swirl of contradictions as vibrant and beautiful as it is troubled. Read full review
90
The New York TimesDana Stevens
You come away from his film overwhelmed, hopeful and, perhaps paradoxically, illuminated. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Lovely, heart-stirring film. Read full review
80
VarietyScott Foundas
Kiarostami shoots Africa with an uncanny verisimilitude, coming close here to his idea of a "poetic cinema" indebted more to poetry and music than the theatrical novelistic storytelling tradition. Read full review
80
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
A gorgeous and surprisingly profound meditation on a place and its people. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The emphasis in this surprisingly cheerful film is on the resilience of the living. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's a surprisingly uplifting experience, and in the end, unmistakably a Kiarostami film. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The film is only superficially superficial, and it grows in meaning and resonance as it progresses. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
This documentary fails to grasp AIDS as a theme. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's not enough for the film to show us a child's corpse wrapped in cardboard; we've got to step back to see Kiarostami himself shooting the sad sight, so that it becomes a Godardian ironic statement. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
This slight but insinuating documentary by Abbas Kiarostami...will do nothing to advance or detract from the reputation of the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker. Read full review
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