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12/30/06
Ten (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 51 Fresh: 44 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Consensus:
Ten turns a conversational car ride into a gritty and compelling character study full of real emotion while providing an intriguing look into the lives of women in contemporary Iranian culture.
Rated: 12A
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Theatrical Release: 27-09-2002
Synopsis: In TEN, celebrated Iranian writer-director Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry, Through the Olive Trees) once again casts his masterful cinematic gaze upon the modern sociopolitical landscape of his homeland -- this time as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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06/24/06
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Movies like this are important, but significance is not the same thing as quality.
12/29/02
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10/26/02
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10/06/02
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10/02/02
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10/02/02
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This is vibrant, gritty filmmaking that proves that Kiarostami is still one of the most consistently fascinating filmmakers of our times.
09/11/02
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08/15/02
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... [S]ticking with it provides further insight into Kiarostami’s psychology and society ...
12/31/03
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08/09/03
Abbas Kiarostami has created, for all of its filmic simplicity – static camera, minimalist settings and obviously from the hip filmmaking (you can watch as the curious drive by the lady’s car and rubberneck) – has created a nicely complex character study
06/19/03
Who would have thought a movie centered on a driver and her passengers that never leaves the car could be so compellingly watchable? Ten is not only a fascinating character study, but a portrait of an entire way of life.
06/14/03
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