| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...deceptively light in its construction, built of long sequences and enduring silences." more... |
A |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The success of Crimson Gold depends to an intriguing degree on the performance of its leading actor..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a stark, minimalist near-masterpiece about the creation of a murderer in modern Iran." more... |
A- |
| E! Online |
"...an amazing study of one man's defeat by a country that doesn't want to admit such defeat exists." more... |
A |
filmcritic.com
Jeremiah Kipp |
"...Crimson Gold clinches its place as not just a Middle Eastern nightmare, but a dark elegiac tale of the human condition." more... |
A- |
Hollywood Reporter
Richard James Havis |
"A flawlessly executed character study..." more... |
A |
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman |
"Slow but moving tragedy." more... |
B |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"....the occasional obviousness of the film's themes is more than balanced by the subtlety of its methods..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel |
"An engrossing tale of class differences that reveals tiny details of one man’s descent into hell." more... |
A |
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