The Salesman

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Kyle M Once more, Asghar Farhadi gives a thematic hefty deliverance with exceptional performances and diverting expectancy as a challenging viewpoint, climatically proven problematic, however, amid the confrontational twist’s ambiguously behavioral implications. (B) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Joshua W The movie starts very slowly. I was starting to get bored. But there is a build up of tension as Emad goes out to look for the offender. When the movie reaches a not-disappointing climax, all sorts of questions will enter the viewer's head regarding right and wrong, shoulds and shouldn'ts, definition of justice. Well acted by all involved. I quite enjoyed Shahab Hosseini's complex performance and I wouldn't mind seeing a movie with him again. This movie leaves an impression that the viewer won't quickly forget. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review G B Good rendering of the emotions and the characters did play out well. Involved the audience to build the characters on their own instead of playing it all out. Worth watching. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/12/23 Full Review Georgan G This play within a film added another layer of complexity atop the already different issues of interpersonal culture in Iranian society. Not that I expected them to have ideal medical & human services for trauma. I wasn't clear on whether the couple left together or walked apart. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/07/23 Full Review Dave S Over the last fifteen years, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has proven to be a filmmaker to be reckoned with. Consistent with his emphasis on moral dilemmas stemming from societal issues, The Salesman is the story of a young couple from Tehran forced to leave their condemned apartment, eventually finding a home in the recently vacated unit of a ‘promiscuous' woman. A violent incident involving the wife eventually leads the couple down a dangerous road of misguided retribution and accountability. Farhadi's script is lean and insightful, providing an interesting story and well-developed characters. While it may not resonate with the same power as A Separation from a few years earlier (but what does?), it remains a quietly suspenseful drama that's well worth a watch. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/26/25 Full Review Johnson F Asghar Farhadi's second Academy Award win for Best Foreign Language Film is a social realist drama that unveils with unnerving disquiet the truth of sexual violence against women in a patriarchal society in a narrative of scenes from a disintegrating marriage of two actors in a production of Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman after a most unfortunate domestic attack. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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