Too many fans seem to be blown away

Good movie but grossly overrated

Absolutely brilliant

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This is a must watch movie for its character development. As usual Asghar Farhadi has made this film with great love.

I would be hard pressed to come up with another movie that keeps the viewer so conflicted and anxious about the characters over the course of it's run time. There's literally no down time to catch a breather here because virtually every scene involves the principal players bickering with each other, over matters that are not trivial. I was particularly intrigued by the daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi, daughter of director Asghar Faradi), caught between two parents who can't come to terms over mother Simin's (Leila Hatami) desire to leave Iran for a better life, and father Nader (Peyman Noadi), who harbors a strong sense of duty to remain and care for his own, Alzheimer's afflicted father.Following the incident with housekeeper Razieh (Sareh Bayat), Termeh acts as her father's conscience, constantly prodding him with questions about what happened and his culpability in Razieh's miscarriage. Though her best advice is for Nader to tell the truth in court, it was with great insecurity that she appeared before the judge to answer questions about what she knew or had observed or overheard among the various parties involved. She answered honestly about knowledge of a doctor's phone number shared between her tutor and Razieh, but for all that, she was able to evade the question of whether her father knew about Razieh's pregnancy, because the judge never asked her about it. That knowledge about the pregnancy was crucial to the judge's understanding of what happened and how he would deal with the case. So in effect, Termeh did not follow her own advice and was severely conflicted over her decision.As good and as tightly scripted this story was about the conflicts between the parties, the primary thing that bothered me about it was how the plaintiff's side (Razieh and husband Hojjat), consistently talked to the defendant's side (Nader and Simin) throughout the story. Sometimes the conversation was cordial, at other times confrontational. That did not resemble the American system of justice that I'm familiar with, and I can only assume that strictures among opposing parties are different in some way in Iran. Perhaps because each side was operating without an attorney before the judge had something to do with it. Still, it was odd to see how the parties came together to put together a monetary settlement, even if Nader was not going to go along with it.The picture concludes with as much ambiguity as everything leading up to it, and the viewer is challenged to come up with their own interpretation of who Termeh will agree to live with following this ordeal. There are compelling reasons why she would pick one parent over the other that work for either choice, so the question remains, what would you do? I have my idea, but you'll have to watch the film to come up with your own.

This movie stunned me while I watched it. It showed the emotions between husband & wife, father & daughter, son & father & it's beyond that. It also tells the story of human's belief in religion. It will show you that a moment's fault can cause a disaster to you. Watch the movie and you will not regret.

An ambiguous miserable soap opera. As a study of how people behave, it's possibly a fairly accurate depiction. Everyone lies, everyone has an agenda, poor people do things they must in order to survive... and get taken advantage of, in the process compromising themselves, becoming less than their better selves and becoming less autonomous and more attached to the absurdity of religion... same story told again and again. And wealthier people appearing to be educated and beyond reproach are quite willing to be less than their better selves for the ends to justify the means.A man hires a woman desperate for work. In order to pay off her husband's creditors this heavily pregnant women is supposed to take care of an old man who is overweight and struck with Alzheimer.Less about a separation, and more about the children jammed between parents and how they must cope with, and make decisions based on the stupidity they see all around them.If you have issues with religion and its inherent moronic side; with class inequality and its, well, inequality, or the tragedy of how children must cope in the messy cauldron caused by adults, probably not the movie for you.I found this well acted, scripted well but a depressing pot boiler of miscommunication and angst that is the cause of most human drama played worldwide daily. Utterly depressing and annoying with no clear ending. Some nonsense about stolen money which is later admitted by the arrogant buffoon of a father to never have been stolen... lots of bickering, unhappiness pouring out at you like a stream of vomit...on and on and on... yuk.