About Elly (2009)

Cinema Guild | Release Date: April 8, 2015

8.3	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 144 Ratings

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BHBarryMay 16, 2015

"About Elly" is an Iranian film from master director Asghar Farhadi who with Azad Jafarian co-wrote it. Farhadi, the director of the Academy Award Best foreign film of 2011, The Separation, takes us into the world of young professionals in a"About Elly" is an Iranian film from master director Asghar Farhadi who with Azad Jafarian co-wrote it. Farhadi, the director of the Academy Award Best foreign film of 2011, The Separation, takes us into the world of young professionals in a country we know very little about and are, of course, surprised as these 30 somethings rent a villa for a weekend in a sea resort far from their homes in Teheran. There is a really good film somewhere in these reels but the viewer will be hard pressed to find it amidst women who look alike and couples where one cannot easily identify who goes with whom. In addition to this, the subtitles and the grating manner of the members of the cast, the film is just too long and could easily have told its story in half of the actual 2 hours it took. I give the film a 6.0 although with the right editing and writing, it could easily have earned much more.… Expand

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