Terrestrial Verses
Kimstim Films | Release Date: April 26, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireApr 26, 2024
Terrestrial Verses, one of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge from Iran recently, has qualities that link it to both the modernist formal traditions of post-1979 Iranian cinema and the more recent trend of social and political asperities aimed at the authoritarian repressiveness of the Islamic Republic. Read full review
90
The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonApr 26, 2024
Each small humiliation, taken alone, will raise your blood pressure a little. But put them all together, and more seismic reverberations may finally rattle a society to its core. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 21, 2024
Terrestrial Verses is a marvel of potent understatement. Read full review
89
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpMay 28, 2024
For all of its cosmic implications, the film remains steadfast in its human devotions. Read full review
83
IndieWireRyan LattanzioMar 21, 2024
This film is as muted in its approach to character and drama as its color palette, but the result is devastating. Read full review
83
The PlaylistJihane BousfihaMar 21, 2024
Though the structure of the vignettes can grow repetitive as the film moves along to a scene nearly identical to the one that came before, Terrestrial Verses never falters in challenging traditional notions while simultaneously providing a glimmer of hope. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalZachary BarnesApr 26, 2024
It is a modest, methodical movie-in-vignettes that demonstrates the far-reaching, constrictive force of Iran’s regime and the society it has created. It is also a canny representation of the kind of straight-faced authoritarian illogic that creates its own delusional reality, which is then forced upon a people. Read full review
80
VarietyJessica KiangMar 21, 2024
This is punchy first-person filmmaking, from the point of view of the last person you want to be. Read full review
75
The Film StageDavid KatzMar 21, 2024
Through their concentrated and pared-down survey of institutional power, Asgari and Khatami show foremost how no behavior and social practice is spared the state’s gaze, and personal autonomy––especially for those outside the elites––remains only a myth. Read full review
70
Screen DailyNeil YoungMar 21, 2024
While there is no doubting the filmmakers’ admirably humanistic and progressive intentions, however, the picture itself somehow ends up less than the sum of its often-impressive parts. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeApr 21, 2024
The sense of repetition that the film leans into in order to acknowledge the inescapable grip of the state is as much a feature as it is a bug. Read full review
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