Starless Dreams
Cinema Guild | Release Date: January 20, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
CineVueJohn BleasdaleJan 17, 2017
Starless Dreams is a fascinating and humane view of the marginalised and forgotten. The girls' voices rise as a startlingly powerful chorus, questioning, challenging and demanding we listen. Read full review
100
The GuardianAlan EvansJan 17, 2017
[A] brilliant documentary. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJan 17, 2017
What distinguishes Starless Dreams is Oskouei’s voice, heard from off screen, getting these girls to be honest about where they’ve come from and why they’re less than anxious to return. Read full review
90
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJan 19, 2017
The world needs to see this spare, revelatory film and hear these girls' pained and sometimes proud confessions. Read full review
90
VarietyScott TobiasJan 17, 2017
With the conceptual rigor and emotional directness associated with the best of Iranian cinema, Oskouei simply listens to the stories of those who have never been listened to before. Their shattering testimony, elegantly harmonized in a chorus of stolen childhood, has universal appeal. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungJan 17, 2017
Starless Dreams (Royahaye Dame Sobh), shot in a juvenile correctional facility for girls under the age of 18, is the perfect example of how powerful simplicity can be, when it’s underpinned by compassion for its subject. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJan 17, 2017
These young women have already witnessed enough horror to last a lifetime, and in this unforgiving society their lot seems unlikely to improve. A grim but necessary watch. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJan 17, 2017
Mehrdad Oskouei avoids sentimentalizing the girls or tritely lamenting their stolen innocence. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJan 19, 2017
If Starless Dreams inspires conflicted feelings in viewers, it may be by design. It’s hard not to want to flee, and it’s hard to look away. Read full review
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