88
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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleJonathan CurielSan Francisco ChronicleJonathan CurielGhobadi infuses his movie with a humor that can almost be called Seinfeldian, and it's this mix of laughter with tears that gives Marooned in Iraq its big impact.
- 100TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelYou'll have to seek it out in its limited release, but no current movie is more worth the effort.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumNothing I've read about Iraq or seen on TV in the past few weeks has felt nearly as real and intimate as this commanding fiction.
- 88Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageAs full of joy as pain, it's a perspective we need to see more often.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoEventually turns somber, with stark depiction of mass graves and suffering refugees. The final scene will break your heart.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIt's part grim Beckett-like drama, part joyous picaresque, and all quite mesmerizing.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasEven though the film's tone grows ever more elegiac, it stubbornly remains a celebration of the Kurdish capacity to endure.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasEnds with horrific revelations that are made all the more powerful by the lightness that precedes them. Simultaneously sad and hopeful, Ghobadi suggests the resiliency of a culture in which war is part of the fabric of everyday life.