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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    A powerful symbolic drama. Read full review

  • 80
    L.A. Weekly | Ella Taylor

    A thrilling example of the cunning political allegory woven into vivid concretism that invigorates contemporary Iranian cinema, Mohammad Rasoulof's Iron Island takes as its monumental central image a sinking ship, symbol of decaying autocracy and the faint hope of liberation. Read full review

  • 80
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    Richly detailed -- and improbably entertaining. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    This is not a typical Iranian production. Simultaneously deeply allegorical and concretely physical, this striking film is not a typical production, period. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    Like the great Iranian filmmakers, Rasoulof has no use for the artificiality of heightened drama. Read full review

  • 75
    The Onion A.V. Club | Noel Murray

    Iron Island is at its most compelling early, as Rasoulof explores his human-scaled ant farm, detailing how people make lives for themselves in cramped quarters, using cardboard partitions and jerry-rigged appliances. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Walter Addiego

    A potent social allegory told with humor and mystery. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Dave Kehr

    Less consumed by behavioral details than many of his filmmaking compatriots, Mr. Rasoulof makes bold use of symbolic imagery - a satellite television is confiscated and tossed overboard - suggesting that utopias inevitably come at the price of isolation and authoritarianism. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Richard James Havis

    Stalwart Iranian actor Ali Nasirian plays Nemat with a thoughtful hubris, uniting the various plot strands by force of character. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | J. Hoberman

    Depending on one's mood, the movie might seem boldly simplified and poetic--or boringly simpleminded and prosaic. Read full review

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