Metacritic Movie Ratings
Half Moon Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 80

  out of 100

  The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis

  Fateful and funny, haunting and magical.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  An eloquent and audacious lament.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  Writer-director Bahman Ghobadi's picturesque road trip is less about preserving a musical heritage than accepting one's fate, a mythic trek that's both heartrending and boisterous--often as hauntingly absurdist as a Kusturica carnival.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Ghobadi always uses non-pro actors but you would never know. In fact, professionals wouldn't do theses roles justice since the recruited performers are partly playing themselves and partly playing people Ghobadi has known since he was a boy.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  This is a road movie unlike any other, the comical and mystical odyssey of old Mamo (an extraordinary performance by Ismail Ghaffari), a venerated musician who heads for Iraq from exile in Kurdish Iran with a busload of his musician sons to give a concert after Saddam's fall.

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