Metacritic Movie Ratings
Certified Copy Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  The end will haunt you.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Village VoiceJ. Hoberman

  Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy is exactly that: The Iranian modernist's first feature to be shot in the West is a flawless riff on our indigenous art cinema.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's delicious brain tickler, Certified Copy, is an endless hall of mirrors whose reflections multiply as its story of a middle-aged couple driving through Tuscany carries them into a metaphysical labyrinth.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  For me, it is too clever by half, creating full-bodied characters but inserting them into a story that is thin soup.

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• 88

  out of 100

  ReelViewsJames Berardinelli

  In some ways, it's a simple character drama, but the central conundrum disallows an uncomplicated interpretation. I was never bored.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Binoche has a chance to display her noteworthy gifts as a comedienne, switching effortlessly from English to French and Italian to build a character that is resentful, manipulative and seductive all at once.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  A sort of middle-aged "Before Sunrise" unfolds, meandering and talky. But from the get-go these characters' colloquy is a mutual provocation, not a romantic seduction.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyRob Nelson

  More compelling as an intellectual exercise than an emotional one, Certified Copy finds deep-thinking writer-director Abbas Kiarostami asserting there's nothing new under the Tuscan sun, particularly not his own conventional romantic drama set in rural Italy.

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