77
Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonWe like cows and crows and snow, but it’s Kiarostami’s phenomenological presence that somehow turns every image or camera posture into a question about living, seeing, empathy, and essence.
- 91The PlaylistBradley WarrenThe PlaylistBradley Warren24 Frames snaps still-life photography out of its stasis, giving its images a brief history and miniature stories, even if it’s just the movement of cows in and out of a shot.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe sheer purity of the imagery is entrancing and puts it among his finest, most uplifting works.
- 88Slant MagazineCarson LundSlant MagazineCarson LundMovement and progress are the organizing principles throughout Abbas Kiarostami's final, posthumously released film.
- 83The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloIt’s at once inspiring and heartbreaking to see a master with nothing left to prove still pushing the envelope in the final years of his life. He had plenty left to give us.
- 80The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksYes, 24 Frames is rigorously experimental; it demands patience and engagement. But this haunted ghost-film had me completely entranced.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanIt’s an elegantly oblique movie, even for Kiarostami, whose art thrums with quiet ethereal metaphor.
- 75The AtlanticDavid SimsThe AtlanticDavid SimsEven by Kiarostami’s standards, this is a daringly, charmingly tedious piece of cinema, one pushing at the boundaries of what you could even call a “movie.”
- 70The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyAbove all, the movie offers the mournful thrill of new methods that Kiarostami didn’t live to develop further.
- 50The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaThe Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaAlthough the animation effect is for the most part quite well-rendered and the animals are brought to life with impressive fluidity, there always remains a slightly jarring artificiality that prevents the viewer from fully sinking into the focused and contemplative spectatorship mode he’d intended.