Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. One of the most remarkable Iranian films to surface in the last few years, About Elly is a small but compelling ensemble piece of surprising depth.
2. Farhadi constructs a taut story, as precariously balanced on luck and lies as that of a French farce, and then lets it spring holes before our eyes.
3. Rarely have layers of truth been so expertly peeled away than in About Elly, a drama from the Oscar-winning director of A Separation.
4. This superb, suspenseful film ... opens as a playful comedy of vacationing couples and awkward romance, one that might be set in the French countryside, but by the end has become a moral drama likely to corrode your certainties.
5. There is a mastery of tone here that shows a great director completely at home with his characters.
6. If it can be a touch too narratively byzantine and heavy-handed, it's still a quietly devastating throwback to the classics of drama.
7. A drama about guilt and responsibility set against the backdrop of male domination in Iranian society that even affects the secular and well-educated milieu depicted in this gripping drama.
8. You begin to wonder to what extent the film is a critique of an entire society in which the disparity between tradition and modernity is irreconcilable.
9. It's further confirmation of Farhadi's peerless skills as a dramatist, with a special talent for drawing prismatic meaning from simple premises.
10. As with director Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning "A Separation," this new film lets truth slowly be revealed through mystery - and after a shocking incident.

Here is the consensus of critics:About Elly offers viewers performances as powerful as its thought-provoking ideas, and adds another strong entry to Asghar Farhadi's impressive filmography.

Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. As a result, he has not only been able to stick two fingers up to the anti-Pole hate-mongers of the popular press, and to create an enchanting portrait of growing up in a British city; he has made his best film to date.
2. However thin, the story of these rootless youths, estranged from mothers and native cities, has a certain universality and appeal.
3. Meadows is adamant that there was no corporate influence. But even without the benefit of the doubt, it can't be denied that his extended short carries some sweet observations.
4. At its best a winning anecdote of adolescent male awkwardness adapting to the big city.
5. Basically a comedy but with typically Meadowsian dark edges, it forms an affectionate tribute to cross-cultural friendship and the rapidly changing landscape known as Somers Town.
6. Meadows' film oozes quality. The scripting feels natural and, thanks to long takes, Meadows is able to get the best performances from his young leads.
7. A marvelous, pitch-perfect evocation of teenage friendship in modern London.
8. A pleasingly gauzy bit of nostalgia that feels softer and less cynical than anything I've previously seen in a [Shane] Meadows film.
9. Enjoyable, sharply directed drama with a superb script and strong performances from Turgoose and Jagiello.
10. An authentic sense of humour and a brightly rendered sense of hopefulness lend this film the qualities of a timeless cinematic classic.

Here is the consensus of critics:Shane Meadows hits the spot with this short but sweet slice of good natured comedy, surprisingly, as it's essentially an extended black & white advert for a train station.

Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. An extraordinary adaptation of fellow-Scot Alan Warner's acclaimed novel.
2. Fails in making this character understandable, in getting under her skin, in exploring motivation...Well before the end, the film grows as dull as its characters, about whose fate it is hard to care.
3. Among the year's most intriguing explorations of alientation.
4. Exceptionally moving.
5. Samantha Morton plays Morvern with the impressive lack of self-consciousness that has become her trademark.
6. Morton's penetrating but minute expressions of deflected grief are the picture's potent touchstones of emotional veracity...
7. A portrait of alienation so perfect, it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers.
8. turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film's characters
9. Maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while.
10. An amazing audio-visual experience.

Here is the consensus of critics:Morton quietly makes this quirky, enigmatic mood piece a compelling watch.

Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. A classic case of a film without a focus.
2. Comes by its sweetness honestly. And while multinationalism is no guarantee of quality, this film is a true multinational affair.
3. Though too schematic and too intent on resolving all its prickly family issues, The Syrian Bride nonetheless packs an emotional punch.
4. It seems to line up every conceivable cultural, sexual or religious fender-bender it can for maximum conflict. But at the same time, Israeli director Eran Riklis and Palestinian co-writer Suha Arraf use the device to reveal touching human complexity.
5. I like everything about The Syrian Bride except the title. And, in the grand scheme of things, that's no big deal.
6. All politics is personal, but rarely has that credo been illustrated so winningly as with Eran Riklis' delicate comedy about the maddening intersection of families, cultures and borders.
7. The movie charms while making a bold statement about the borders that governments and individuals construct to keep each other apart.
8. As enjoyable a piece of cultural satire as any that's come out of this highly troubled region.
9. The real interest in the film enters by the side door, through supporting characters.
10. It all comes together in a potent cinematic mix, one that lends a deep humanity to a part of the world in dire need of greater understanding.

Here is the consensus of critics:
A humane and empathic work, The Syrian Bride depicts the personal impact of politics upon individuals.