An entertaining film which primarily deals with the difficulty of caring for someone with a debilitating sickness and the difficulties which can arrise when hiring someone to care for that person.

An incredible look at domestic issues, class issues and cultural issues gracefully handled within two hours. Best film I've seen in some time.

First this winner of both the Oscar and the Golden Globe for best foreign language film seems like it is going to be about male chauvinism in the current Iranian justice system. Then it becomes more complicated and one doesn’t know exactly what kind of movie this is. Then it starts looking somewhat like “Rashamon” (and “Blowup” and “Blow Out”). No maybe it is a little like the Albanian movie “The Forgiveness of Blood.” It could be that the director loved all these types of movies and subconsciously includes some of their elements in his style. Or maybe I’m just imagining all this. Whatever, I came to love all of the people in the movie; people just trying to progress in their lives as things happen to them. I like the ending. It could be one way that the daughter signals one more time that she wants her parents to end their separation.

A near-total WOW . This beautifully written, meticulously acted drama is about an unfortunate incident that spins out of control, its perpetrators, and its victims (who happen to be one and the same). The main theme of the film is the impossibility of affixing blame when impartial “truth” and “justice” are nowhere to be found. A domino effect of unhappiness is set off from the very moment the film opens, and it remains unresolved to the bittersweet end. Heartbreakingly real, wisely observed, with no tidy assumptions. And finally, in a world of overhyped, forgettable flotsam-- a film that deserves its Oscar.