The whole movie marches to that same, sad rhythm of unalterable horror, illuminated by Joel Ransom’s brutal and beautiful cinematography. The sum is difficult to watch.
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06/26/09
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The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
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Reviews Counted:63
Fresh:34
Rotten:29
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: The Stoning of Soraya M. nearly transcends its deficiencies through the sheer strength of its subject material, but ultimately drowns out its message with an inappropriately heavy-handed approach.
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The expansive dramatic approach makes sense, even at its most cringe-inducing, as Stoning is a picture created solely to disturb and provoke, not educate. With those goals in mind, the film is a smashing success.
06/25/09
Seeing this kind of injustice makes me feel challenged by Proverbs 31:8, 'Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those who are perishing.'
06/26/09
[A] shattering and powerful drama.
06/26/09
This gory, ham-fisted hybrid of social-issue picture and horror film exerts a crude but undeniable power.
06/26/09
A riveting account of oppression, injustice and defiance.
06/26/09
The gallant, educated, and sensitive outsider, will do right by Soraya, unlike the loathsome, fearful, and petty neighbors who killed her.
07/10/09
The sort of film that gets its strength from subject matter rather than artistic choices, this sincere but unsubtle drama will likely earn additional attention due to its timeliness.
06/26/09
The movie suffers from problems that plague other message-social protest films and from helmer's lack of technical experience, but there's no denying of its thematic significance in stressing sexism, barabric punishment, mob rule and mass tyranny.
06/13/09
The point that it's making about the treatment of women under traditional Islam and the inhumane modes of punishment still prevalent in many countries...is sufficiently important that, with all its flaws, it deserves to be seen.
07/03/09
Graphically depicts the horrors inflicted on an innocent woman in an Iranian village, the result of a fatal combination of a patriarchal society, tribal traditions, and Islamic fundamentalism.
06/24/09
Despite some wonderful performances, the plot plods inexorably and with sickening predictability towards the inevitable conclusion, but nothing can prepare us for the actual event, which Nowrasteh films in real time and in shocking detail.
07/17/09
A devastating (albeit didactic and conventional) indictment of religious extremism as practiced in one Iranian village.
06/04/09
Brilliant performances and the gripping horror of the ritualistic stoning of a woman to death make this truth-based narrative feature a modern day tragedy
06/26/09
At its best, The Stoning of Soraya M is a snapshot of how evil can spread among the utterly normal, the well-intentioned and the (at least to them) righteous.
07/17/09
The film, shot elegantly in color but with the dramatic feel of black and white, functions as a parable of power abused by the multitude. It takes a village to turn craven stupidity into fascist bestiality.
06/26/09
Top CriticThis broadside against sharia law lacks the finesse of an import, but it's effectively melodramatic, particularly because of the strong performance of Iranian-born actress Shoreh Aghdashloo
07/16/09
The spoiler is in the title of The Stoning of Soraya M., a powerful, relentlessly brutal drama about Iranian capital punishment.
07/16/09
Perhaps the world needs to see these brutalities to open their eyes to the practice, and perhaps that makes The Stoning of Soraya M. noble and worth the price of admission.
07/09/09
This film is eye-opening and heart-draining and it is excellently produced.This is a very good film, but it is hard for me to chirp "check it out" because it will stick with you, twisting in your stomach and making your life's petty annoyances feel less t
12/15/09
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