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Critics Consensus: Everybody Knows is somewhat less than the sum of its parts despite the efforts of an outstanding cast - and a disappointing step back for writer-director Asghar Farhadi.
Critic Consensus: Everybody Knows is somewhat less than the sum of its parts despite the efforts of an outstanding cast - and a disappointing step back for writer-director Asghar Farhadi.
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"Everybody Knows" is a reminder that sometimes we just want to go to movies to watch pretty people screw up their lives.
If this is a "B" Asghar Farhadi film, it's still better than the "A" efforts of many other filmmakers.
It's a look in philosophical harmony with Farhadi's intense but humane gaze. And the actors are superb...
Think of it this way: If this were a book, it would be described as a page-turner.
Is "Everybody Knows" as searing and devastating a film as Farhadi's best work? Probably not, but it is surely one of his most relatable.
The movie is not to be skipped. You should sample its mixture of bacchanal and gall, and revel in Farhadi's dependable deftness, as he sketches and frames his collection of characters.
Farhadi explores the problems of privilege and need, the realities of resentment and tribalism and how they poison what appears to be a happy family.
Even so, it's a great showcase for the actors, and proof that thorny moral dilemmas aren't confined to one's home country.
One of Farhadi's great strengths is his ability to write clear characters with complex inner lives that inform their reactions. He put his characters through an emotional wringer, without melodrama.
As the crime counts less than the human realities it exposes, the domestic drama - despite being thickly soapy and lacking the textural richness of Farhadi's other movies - outshines the kidnap plot.
Together, the two are like lightning, Farhadi rightly content to just let the background fade away and let their searing, layered chemistry take center stage.
Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) suffers from a bloated length.
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