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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 23 Jan 2014

Unlike A Separation, in which Iranian culture and mores played critical roles, the theme in The Past is more universal and spelled out in the title…

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By Netflic (224) on 21 Jan 2014

This French movie is made by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi whose film A Separation won the best foreign movie two Oscars ago…

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By Lezee (801) on 21 Jan 2014

Frankly, I was bored after first 10 minutes of the movie…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Jan 2014

The emotional stakes are large-scale, and Farhadi honors them by delving into their intricacies…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 09 Jan 2014

Many thematic ingredients come together in Farhadi’s rich stew of a story: jealousy, resentment, betrayal, forgiveness, healing…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 09 Jan 2014

The Past, the new film from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, is taut, quiet, democratic, observant — a fine meal made with rare and subtle…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 Jan 2014

The miracle is that even with a bit of dramaturgical clunkiness The Past is fluid, intimate cinema…

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By Bill Stamets (145) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 09 Jan 2014

The Past is an understated study of two marriages in transition…

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By Tazmania32 (22) on 09 Jan 2014

The only reason I gave this a 9 was the fact that A Separation exists…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 Jan 2014

The Past, is hugely ambitious — it's Farhadi seizing his moment — yet it's also a wrenchingly intimate tale of lives torn asunder by forces…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 05 Jan 2014

It’s absorbing for a long while, at least half its two-hour running time — an evocatively photographed soap opera with actors who are impossibly…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Dec 2013

The Past makes conventional movies feel artificial…

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By Marcdoyle (398) on 21 Dec 2013

Not quite as outstanding as A Separation, The Past is still a very good movie…

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By Godfrey Cheshire (178) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 20 Dec 2013

Another brilliantly mounted drama concerning fracturing families, hidden motives and the difficulties of attaining stability in a rapidly changing…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 20 Dec 2013

The last 30 seconds of the film — wrenching, startling, utterly transformative of everything that precedes them — has haunted me for months…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 20 Dec 2013

If The Past doesn’t equal the masterpiece that preceded it, it’s still an exceptional film from a man who is clearly one of the best working…

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By Mhm_1371 (2) on 20 Dec 2013

Past Or future Past Or future by Hossein Aghaee…

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By Foxgrove (359) on 20 Dec 2013

Asghar Farhadi's earlier film 'A Separation' was taut and dazzling with an exceptionally intricate and mesmerising screenplay…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 19 Dec 2013

As the secrets that almost everyone is hiding slowly but inexorably come to light, Farhadi's gifts as a very specific director, someone who…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 19 Dec 2013

The Past plays out within narrower bounds than A Separation, and often at lower velocity — a few moments feel almost Chekhovian…

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