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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 07 Sep 2011

A rhapsodic erotic romance that takes place in a cultural prison, and it pulses with a defiance that would be mischievous if it weren't so…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 07 Sep 2011

When passion nearly boils over and when the degradation of women is at its most sickening, Circumstance trembles with the kind of honest rage…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 07 Sep 2011

The film wages an internal battle between its ripely sensual atmosphere and its often stilted pacing and plotting…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 07 Sep 2011

The strongest message for most Western audiences will be the way the subjugation of women saturates every aspect of this society, and clearly…

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By William D (321) on 07 Sep 2011

Circumstance should have been great. It had so many elements right, including a fascinating and troubling story…

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By Ann Lewinson (45) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 06 Sep 2011

Seen after the Mideast youthquake, Circumstance reveals what the girls might have been up to while the boys were in the streets - a revolution…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 05 Sep 2011

Contemporary Iran in an overheated teenage microcosm…

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By Jay J (159) on 04 Sep 2011

Although the movie includes a pair of lesbian girls in Iran and that is how it has been promoted, in fact this is only a small part of the…

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By Adam B (2,189) on 28 Aug 2011

The weak directing, poor flow, loss in translation and and LOTS of melodrama ruined this promising film for me. Disappointed…

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By Logan Hill (19) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 28 Aug 2011

The film doesn't feel weighed down with the burden of representation: It's too free-flowing for that, too plot-heavy, too stylish, too romantic,…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 28 Aug 2011

Kazemy and Boosheri are excellent, and Soheil Parsa and Nasrin Pakkho are also fine as Atefeh's doting, liberal parents…

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By Mark Olsen (451) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 28 Aug 2011

Circumstance demonstrates raw talent and a taste for big ideas…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 27 Aug 2011

As to the question of whether Circumstance is actually a good film, or just one with an important story to tell, a high degree of difficulty…

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By Jonah Flicker (24) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 26 Aug 2011

An excellent look at how the modern youth of Iran skirts the boundaries between the religious state and personal freedom, and all the risks…

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By Donna H (174) on 26 Aug 2011

Loved this fresh, stylish, Tehrani tale about stepping outside of constructs…

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By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 25 Aug 2011

While I didn't find much new in the film's girl-girl romantic dynamics, it's setting and social-political commentary are certainly above the norm…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 25 Aug 2011

There are superb performances by Iranian-Canadian Nikohl Boosheri as Atafeh, the more rebellious of the two women, and French-born Sarah Kazemy…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 25 Aug 2011

Keshavarz's vision is clear and heartfelt, and everyone has an urgency in their eyes…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 25 Aug 2011

Cinematographer Brian Rigney Hubbard (Tanner Hall) frames many of his shots with doorways, either with a character point of view observing…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 25 Aug 2011

Too much in too many scenes is worked in, even though a thematic relationship may be gleaned among the parts in repressive, fearful, corrupt,…

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