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It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “The director is clearly having a whale of a time taking the piss out of the corruption, cruelty and bribery rife in his country.”

  Phil de Semlyen, Time Out · 100

• “Panahi welds scorching social critique to a masterful command of form: a devastating cry for justice, his latest also serves as a superb thriller. It is a towering achievement.”

  Leonardo Goi, The Film Stage · 100

• “This is a film about anger, felt as deeply by the characters whose lives unspool in front of the camera as by the filmmaker who sits behind it. Such anger is a long river that bifurcates into two opposing forces: violence and empathy.”

  Rafaela Sales Ross, The Playlist · 100

• “Through cinematographer Amin Jafari’s sense of environment, the script’s agile tonal changes, and the attentive cast, we are enthralled from minute one until the end of an intense thriller that operates quietly but with no less punch.”

  Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com · 100

• “It’s a cry from the heart, a comic howl in the dark and one of the year’s essential movies.”

  Manohla Dargis, The New York Times · 100