Review of A Separation (2011) by Arash B — 05 Dec 2012

Better than the overrated About Elly but still overrated, The film is quite good but totally forgettable & when I think about it I just come up with a "so what?" Farhadi tries so hard to depict a grey situation with grey characters & the problem is he tries so hard & uses so much logic, The film has the brains but not any heart which in this sort of dramas will lead into a forgettable film, Everyone overpraising this shows the horrible situation our cinema has today, I recently watched a film named "Saadat abad" with a similar theme & that was really better than this & Farhadi's other films but unfortunately he has some sort of fanbase that will worship anything he makes and considering that the oscars is hilariously ridiculous I wouldn't be surprised to see this among the final candidates or even win the award lol, but all that being said this can be considered a good film & nothing more and I don't regret watching it but definitely not my type of film.