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 "An emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
"You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This: Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected. Dramas like this make it human."
-- Dave White, IFILM
"Captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"Filled with honest performances and exceptional detail, Baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch, a haunting ode to humanity."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"[Majidi] makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"An aesthetic triumph ... that never fails to retain behavioral realism."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"The film’s sharp, often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard..."
-- Christopher Smith, BANGOR DAILY NEWS (MAINE)
 "This rather superficial arthouse middle-brow film knows how to please a crowd, and that's about all it does well."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"A high-minded snoozer."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing"
-- John A. Nesbit, CULTUREDOSE.NET
"The movie itself is timeless and universal, at once artless and sophisticated in its ability to engross."
-- Joe Leydon, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Majidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast."
-- Andy Klein, NEW TIMES
"An intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash."
-- Rachel Gordon, FILMCRITIC.COM
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"The universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'Baran.'"
-- Betty Jo Tucker, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
"More timely than its director could ever have dreamed, this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders, desperate for work and food."
-- Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
"Lovely and poignant. Puts a human face on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"Majidi's direction has never been smoother or more confident."
-- Shlomo Schwartzberg, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Its story is delicate and moving, and the film is a wholly commendable effort, if not quite as successful as Majidi's previous works."
-- Chuck Rudolph, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"Light-years ahead of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor, at least artistically."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"A well-crafted letdown."
-- Kim Linekin, EYE WEEKLY
"Baran isn't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or, indeed, by its director -- but it's a worthy companion to the many fine, focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations."
-- Shawn Levy, OREGONIAN
"An impossible romance, but we root for the patronized Iranian lad."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"Baran is shockingly devoid of your typical Majid Majidi shoe-loving, crippled children."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
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"It shows us a slice of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable."
-- Stephanie Zacharek, SALON.COM
"A mix of gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Matches neorealism's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Majidi's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser, if a bit draggy at times."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"Plunges you into a reality that is, more often then not, difficult and sad, and then, without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality, transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"The film is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Majidi is an unconventional storyteller, capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places."
-- Bruce Newman, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
"At the right time of day, in the right frame of mind, Baran can and should be appreciated as a work of delicate and unmistakable beauty."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Though the pathos of this fable-like love story feels overcalculated, Majidi succeeds in playing the classical Dickensian balance, with the sentimental hook justified by the social sweep of the narrative."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
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"Offers viewers an honest portrayal of the realistic dilemmas confronting its characters and of the inspiring ways by which they learn to overcome them."
-- Yazmin Ghonaim, CINEPHILES
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