An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two clean the rug. This young woman belongs to the clan whose history is depicted in the design of the gabbeh, and the rug recounts the story of the courtship of the young woman by a stranger from the clan.
Gabbeh has generally received positive reviews.
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
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Review of Gabbeh (1996)
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
By Lawrence Van Gelder (123) for New York Times (5,786) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
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Review of Gabbeh (1996)
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
Review of Gabbeh (1996)
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Gabbeh was released in 1996 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 36 reviews, giving Gabbeh (1996) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 77%.
With a score of 72%, Gabbeh is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like The Crucible, Trees Lounge and Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.
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