Reviews

I really respected the boss and the journalists in Knight Ridder..i'm not very surprised with the score of metacritics..

My questions will continue: is it a farce? is it funny? does it reflect a tragic period of russian history? why all characters are too superficial despite very talented actors/actresses are involved? and why is it so overrated?

I had the chance to watch this film in our culture and art tv channel trt2; it was so great that my husband and i we were deeply impressed by the story and all the characters involved, the dialogues with the judge everything was very well crafted and also very close to our culture too. thank you Asgar Farhadi and trt2..

I saw the film in istanbul film festival today..It's a bit hard to get in but it's also intriguing, it's a kind of fantasy but also the feelings the characters are so realistic and up to date and i can never forget this film even the details, i got many confusing feelings during the entire sequence but now couple of hours later i could be able to digest it..btw it was a pleasure to watch it while nuri bilge ceylan was among the audience...

What a great masterpiece, reflecting a facsinating life journey of a genious leading singer and band..

Is it possible to feel the same things with somebody struggling to build his own life, the difficulties he faces to be free from his parents' expectations or oppressions, to realize that they are not his supporters but his obstacles?.maybe a part of it, yes the duration of the film may be longer than the standards (who determines them?) at the end i felt that every scene was necessary to get closer to Sinan's feelings. Asuman who watches a Yilmaz Guney's film, the mother slapping his son's face scene in that film, maybe inspired her to make "why you didn't get the money from him" conversation with her own son or the imams and Sinan's debate about faith, the famous writer's and Sinan dialogue then conflict..even the scene about the tight budget of the lottery salesman maybe reminded Sinan his father's situation. I feel very lucky to watch this film in its original language and I'm still digesting it but as soon as the film ended, i felt like Idris, Asuman, Sinan and all other people around him are still living there, in that town Çan!