The script, overly laden with red herrings, forces its characters into some improbable dilemmas...and the ambiguous ending feels inconsistent with the too tidy setup.
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03/14/06
Beautiful City (2006)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:8
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Mar 15, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Set in Iran, BEAUTIFUL CITY revolves around the young and imprisoned Akbar, who awaits the death penalty. Having killed his girlfriend, Akbar holds onto the slim chance of a reprieve, as Iranian... [More]
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Reviews for Beautiful City
1 - 9 (sorted by rotten rating)
Persistence is everything in Asghar Farhadi's visually undistinguished but affecting Beautiful City, a simple film about the power of forgiveness.
03/04/06
Well acted and smartly written, the film is an eye-opening sociological portrait that also manages to be a compelling human drama.
03/30/06
Here's another deeply resonant little movie from Iran, featuring more polished (yet still naturalistic) acting than usually seen in U.S. productions.
03/17/06
Top CriticCross-pollinate an archetypal plotline with problematic romance and what you get is Beautiful City, a film in which the world is made immediate and kinetic.
03/16/06
Top Critic[A] melancholy drama about the aftermath of a senseless murder.
03/30/06
While touching on subjects as serious and diverse as capital punishment, the devaluation of women in Iran and the true Islamic concept of forgiveness, this powerful melodrama from the Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is anything but a message movie.
03/17/06
It's a penetrating exploration of retribution versus forgiveness, blood money, sacrifice and the intricacies of Iran's Islamic judicial system.
03/16/06
Fascinating glimpse into wholly different body of laws, engrossingly evolving script and standout perfs, including Taraneh Alidoosti's ... make City more accessible to arthouse auds than more stylistically challenging Farsi fare.
03/16/06
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