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Ten (2002)

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Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 51
Fresh: 44 | Rotten: 7

Ten turns a conversational car ride into a gritty and compelling character study full of real emotion while providing an intriguing look into the lives of women in contemporary Iranian culture.

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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 1

Ten turns a conversational car ride into a gritty and compelling character study full of real emotion while providing an intriguing look into the lives of women in contemporary Iranian culture.

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Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami uses the casual setting of one woman's automobile as the setting for a subtle but potent look at gender issues in the Middle East. Mania Akbari plays a nameless woman who, over the course of several days, gives a number of friends, family members, and acquaintances a ride in her car across town, among them her young son who is still upset over his parent's recent divorce; her sister; a close friend who has just been abandoned by her boyfriend; an

Nov 2, 2004

Zeitgeist Films

All Critics (62) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (7) | DVD (8)

A major minimalist departure for Kiarostami.

July 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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A very interesting film, despite structural limitations that keep it from approaching greatness.

May 9, 2003 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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A rare chance for viewers to eavesdrop on everyday talk in Tehran that, although fictionalized, must approximate what really happens in Iran's busy capital.

May 9, 2003 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
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Ten may strain your patience but that's the high-stakes gamble of this provocative project.

May 9, 2003 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
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A conceptual tour de force and a brainiac's road movie, Abbas Kiarostami's Ten goes from chilly abstraction to hot emotion in less than 60 seconds.

April 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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It shows us, in an extraordinarily simple way, the hopes and frustrations of one woman's life.

April 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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Often provokes humor and refreshing insights.

April 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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... [S]ticking with it provides further insight into Kiarostami's psychology and society ...

December 31, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

A fine film.

August 8, 2003 Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | Comment
San Diego Union-Tribune

A point made to distraction.

June 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

Abbas Kiarostami has created, for all of its filmic simplicity - static camera, minimalist settings and obviously from the hip filmmaking (you can watch as the curious drive by the lady's car and rubberneck) - has created a nicely complex character study

June 19, 2003 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | Comment
Reeling Reviews

Who would have thought a movie centered on a driver and her passengers that never leaves the car could be so compellingly watchable? Ten is not only a fascinating character study, but a portrait of an entire way of life.

June 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | Comment
Reeling Reviews

A little more reach would have allowed Ten to turn it up to 11.

June 5, 2003 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | Comment
Arizona Daily Star

Whatever the film lacks in physical lyricism, it makes up for with a claustrophobic flair that leads you to conclude that Ten can be the loneliest number.

May 16, 2003 Comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Audience Reviews for Ten

Totalmente realista! uma visão do mundo reprimido das mulheres iranianas. Um grande debate sobre a sociedade, que ocorre todo dentro de um carro. Prende o espectador atà (C) o fim e o faz refletir sobre as questões contemporânias. Feito de forma bem simples, o filme à (C) inspirador e maravilhoso.

May 5, 2011
Lucas Martins

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Hmmm... a bit too arty for me! Filmed like a home video and entirely shot in one Iranian women's car, this film explores both Iranian and womens' life through her various passengers.

May 29, 2007
RossCollinsUK

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