Shirin in Love
Sideshow Releasing | Release Date: March 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
6
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RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireMar 14, 2014
Shirin in Love blends tangy romantic comedy and tart social satire into a cinematic cocktail that's pleasingly off-beat, warm-spirited and knowing. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesMary HoulihanMar 27, 2014
There’s a glint of a clever idea here, but writer-director Ramin Niami’s reliance on tired rom-com tropes only serve to drag down the film, which plays out like a Harlequin romance. Read full review
40
The DissolveNoah BerlatskyMar 11, 2014
A pallid romantic comedy possessed of neither imagination nor heart, it stumbles, like its star, from one familiar setpiece to another with a kind of dutiful, joyless resignation. Read full review
37
Washington PostMark JenkinsMar 20, 2014
Although Boniadi makes Shirin nearly as likable as she’s supposed to be, writer-director Ramin Niami’s movie is crudely contrived and sloppily edited. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldMar 13, 2014
It’s the kind of movie that makes you zero in on and root for an actor (Ms. Madigan) as she tries to wring something real out of her lines, but there’s no saving this film. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis HarveyMar 13, 2014
When not serving up sentimental contrivance, Shirin in Love is just tepidly cute, with wan comic situations and lines that provide little opportunity for a game-enough cast. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 13, 2014
A blandly generic romantic comedy mainly notable for its largely centering on Iranian-American characters, Shirin in Love demonstrates that clichés cross all ethnic boundaries. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAaron HillisMar 11, 2014
There's very little to distinguish this from every other characterless rom-com with a demographically marketable hook. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 13, 2014
An abject filmmaking lesson in the many ways to irk moviegoers: cardboard characters, dippy plotting, sentimental overkill and tortuous logic. Read full review
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