24 Frames

2017

1h 54m

Drama

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92%

Tomatometer

53 Reviews

46%

Popcornmeter

100+ Ratings

Film of paintings and photographs.

Critics Consensus

24 Frames offers Kiarostami fans one final, affecting reminder of what made this filmmaker a talent to treasure.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

"24 Frames" is slow cinema at its slowest, and as meaningful as you want to make it. Above all, it breathes with the sensibility of an artist who saw beauty in people and places where most of us never thought to look.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 14, 2018

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Imogen Sara Smith

Film Comment Magazine

This mixing of the real and the unreal is summed up in that final image: a photograph of a film, or rather a film of a photograph of a film, suspended between stillness and motion, between watching and dreaming.

Mar 2, 2018

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

24 Frames is a classically Kiarostami work, indicative of his life's curiosities and trademark inquiries, but far short of a culminating utterance.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 22, 2018

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Episode 41: Best of 2019 So Far

Rated: 80/100

Oct 4, 2021

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

The film is a great testament to his being as an artist and as a person. It's easily the best film I've seen this year so far.

Jul 17, 2020

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Bill Arceneaux

Neaux Reel Idea

Breathtaking and transfixing. There is a sadness to 24 FRAMES, but it's never a tragedy.

Rated: 5/5

May 4, 2020

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pasha a

A masterpiece! A great farewell.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Abbas Kiarostami's last film - a film he also knew would be his last one. I have seen a few of his films and he is probably the most known Iranian director of all time. The consept is simple. 24 still shots - all of them lasts for four and a half minute. Things happen on screen. There's not much. Mostly just cows, birds or other animals. Often in snowy or watery environments. I like the idea a lot, but not the excecution. It's basically an animated film, but it is flat. No words, mostly no big happenings. The sound is the best feature here and the fact that you never will be stuck with a picture for more than five minutes. Speaking of pictures, it was originally ment to concist of different painings - edited into before and after they were painted. He does this this in the first scene, "Frame 1" but the rest stick with (often) heavy edited live shots. Some interesting angels, and there are some impressive stills, but this is just too flat and it's way too easy to look away as I never felt any stories gave me much within the first 30 seconds. Frame 13 and a couple other's where good, but that's about it. I did not find this to be a proper farewell to a great director. 3 out of 10 birds or cows.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

This film was almost good.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Esta cinta experimental es tan hermosa como profunda.el cuidado de la estetica,Su melancolico ritmo contempletivo hacen de 24 frames una experiencia unica que te dejara extasiado.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Synopsis

Film of paintings and photographs.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Producer: Charles Gillibert
Production Co: CG Cinéma
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.6K
Runtime: 1h 54m