GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

natamity A camera blandly following the exterior of a car and occasionally being set on two faces inside a vehicle whilst they hold boring, unrealistic and base philosophical discussions is not film making. Yes, I understand the metaphors of the barren landscape etc but please, there is no art to this. I would expect more from first year film students. It's one of the most basic and empty films I've ever seen. The script would have been better turned into a short story, maybe, but a movie this is not.

kimiarsh This movie might remain my favourite even if, by my own admission, I have not yet explored even the tip of the iceberg called 'Cinema'. Watching the movie was a cathartic experience for me because the thoughts that the protagonist goes through, I have also felt many a times, maybe not because of difficulties that one faces rather the sheer overwhelming nature of Life itself. The whole Nietzschean saying about being able to sleep many a night with the thoughts of suicide ring harrowingly true. The details in the movie are so flawless that it almost stings you. The conversations, the thought process, the scenery, all add to the tragic finale we all expect to see. But here, the Director surprises us. The end may disappoint us but it also makes us think 'Why'. And this is perhaps the most important question-answer that one can take from the movie. I have only watched it once but I don't think subsequent viewings will help much in telling me what the movie is about- Life, Death, Suicide, Choice or is it all a Mirage. Hope you 'enjoy' the movie and are able to find something meaningful.

Boba_Fett1138 Is there even such a thing as a bad Iranian movie? Seriously, I have seen a whole variety of movies from Iran by now, each from different decades as well but I have never seen one that I could call being anything beyond really good.And this movie is being a great one as well. It's great in all of its simplicity. It's a movie that is taking a humble and honest approach to its subject and doesn't ever goes overboard with anything. The story remains small and simplistic at all times and none of the emotions or story developments feel forced.It's also being a small and humble movie with all of its settings and characters. Most of the movie is set at the same location and it only features a handful of characters in it.The movie is being also especially great with its cinematography and storytelling. It rather not shows or tells you certain things, so that the movie almost constantly forces you to use you our mind to make things up and put certain things together. Sometimes the camera isn't even focusing on the person talking, or the person is off screen entirely. It's a special sort of approach that worked out just great for this particular movie.It's also being a quite interesting one with its themes. The movie focuses on a man that wants to commit suicide and is searching for a man to bury him, once the deed is done. This is however a movie set in an Islamic country, in which suicide is considered to be a mortal sin. This, amongst other things, provides the movie with some provocative moments and exchanges of dialog between the man and the different characters he meets on his search. And it luckily is not a movie that tries to have a moral in it or tries to teach you anything about life. It's instead being one that really allows you to make up your own mind about its subject and the themes it handles.Truly one great and provoking movie, that doesn't ever gets pretentious or overdoes certain things.8/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Atavisten Mr. Badii is ready to die, his grave is dug out and he just takes one last trip around with his car. The people he meets gives him some perspectives on the value of life, or lack thereof.Abbas Kiarostami is a master, and this is the best movie I have seen from him so far. It is poetic and harsh at the same time, which is a fine balance.Truly this must be one of the best movies from the nineties, I will not attempt at a ranking, but inventive cinema like this has few competitors.Ershani does a very fine role with his Mr. Badii indeed.