1. A Hero movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert
Jan 7, 2022 · A no-good-deed-goes-unpunished saga whose novelty derives from the viewer's uncertainty as to how good the done deed was in the first place.
A chilling demonstration of how money changes everything.
2. A Hero review – Asghar Farhadi's realist tale is just too messy and ...
Jul 13, 2021 · A Hero is a film that works because of a clever and subtle performance from Amir Jadidi as Rahim, a divorced father who has just been released from jail.
Plot holes trip up the Iranian director’s drama of a slippery man’s desperate efforts to trick his way out of debtors’ prison
3. A Hero | Rotten Tomatoes
Beautiful and poetic film with cultural and social insights into the life of people in their personal struggles. The world is compressed and detailed, intense ...
Rahim (Amir Jadidi) is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor (Mohsen Tanabandeh) to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned...
4. Review, Summary, Analysis: A Hero (2021) - Ashley Hajimirsadeghi
Jan 25, 2024 · The acting is also stellar all-around—there's almost all completely new faces for a Farhadi film, which is rare considering he tends to recycle ...
Review of A Hero / قهرمان , directed by Asghar Farhadi
5. A Hero review – powerful moral drama from a master of Iranian cinema
Jan 10, 2022 · Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi hits home once more with this complex tale of a debtor who tries to make good.
Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi hits home once more with this complex tale of a debtor who tries to make good
6. REVIEW | A Hero (2021) - REEL GOOD
Jun 10, 2022 · The actual details of A Hero are perhaps not best described as “everyday life.” Ramin (Amir Jadidi) is a father who is in debtor's prison, owing ...
The director of A Separation gives us another separation, and lots of other social drama, in a film that won the Grand Prix at last year's Cannes.
7. 'A Hero' review: A good deed goes awry in Asghar Farhadi's gripping ...
Jan 14, 2022 · Farhadi reveals the injustices of the country's prison system, and he's attentive as always to gender inequality. More than once in this movie, ...
A media circus ensues when a man on leave from debtors' prison finds a handbag and returns it to its rightful owner. Motives are always more complicated than they appear in Asghar Farhadi's film.
8. A Hero (2021) directed by Asghar Farhadi • Reviews, film + cast
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the ...
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?
9. REVIEW: “A Hero” (2021) | - Keith & the Movies
Feb 16, 2022 · “A Hero” is yet another mesmerizing Farhadi tale that highlights his strengths both as a screenwriter and a director.
(CLICK HERE to read my full review in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) For my own personal money, there are only a handful of must-see filmmakers in the business today. I’m talking about consummate s…
10. 'A Hero' ('Ghahreman'): Film Review | Cannes 2021
Jul 13, 2021 · 'A Hero' ('Ghahreman'): Film Review | Cannes 2021. Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi returns to his native Iran with this story about truth ...
See AlsoAntonio Brown Football ReferenceOscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi returns to his native Iran with this story about truth-telling, honor and the price of freedom.
11. “A Hero” Makes a Mockery of the Heroic - The New Yorker
Jan 7, 2022 · Anthony Lane reviews Asghar Farhadi's “A Hero,” a drama about family, community, and debts, and George Clooney's “The Tender Bar,” an ...
Asghar Farhadi’s tale of family, community, and debts cranks up the moral suspense until we can hardly breathe.
12. A Hero Review: Asghar Farhadi's Best Film Since A Separation - IndieWire
Jul 13, 2021 · Grade: B+. “A Hero” premiered in Competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Read More:.
Cannes: A man in prison for an unpaid debt finds a random bag of money in Asghar Farhadi's ethical melodrama about good deeds gone bad.
13. 'A Hero': Cannes Review - Screen Daily
Jul 13, 2021 · Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's new drama embeds these and other moral questions in a truly compelling drama anchored by the remarkable ...
Asghar Farhadi returns to Competition with the story of an unlinkely man caught in a social media storm
14. A Hero Reviews - Metacritic
An outstanding film. Amazing character development that is very rare in cinema, a very complex but realistic plot. It is the best Farhadi film since a ...
Rahim is in jail for a debt he hasn't been able to pay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint in exchange for paying back part of the debt. Rahim is then confronted with a crisis he would never have imagined.
15. Review: A Hero - FilmCarnage.com
Dec 14, 2021 · Review: A Hero · Amir Jadidi. It's decidedly intense and heart-breaking, he wears his heart on his sleeve throughout in an almost punishing ...
Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the …
16. A Hero (2021) - Movie Review - Alternate Ending
Jan 8, 2022 · Rahim (Amir Jadidi) is currently cooling his heels in debtor's prison in the city of Shiraz, having been unable to pay back Bahram (Mohsen ...
A complex moral fable that turns smoothly into a gripping thriller, courtesy of the great Asghar Farhadi. Read our review of A Hero!
17. 'A Hero' Review: Asghar Farhadi Chews More Than He Bites Off
Jul 13, 2021 · At moments, the Iranian director's new movie evokes the rapt domestic suspense of "A Separation" and "The Salesman," but it's more diffuse ...
The Iranian director's new movie evokes the domestic suspense of "A Separation" and "The Salesman," but it's more diffuse and less potent.
18. A Hero critic reviews - Metacritic
Even as the story's inevitable reckoning descends, Farhadi allows his modest morality tale to take on a note of battered, ambiguous hope: a cautionary fable ...
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19. FILM REVIEW: Asghar Farhadi's 'A Hero,' the 2021 Cannes Film ...
Jan 17, 2022 · “A Hero” focuses on Rahim (Amir Jadidi), whose failure to repay a creditor, Bahram (the brother of his angry ex-wife), has earned him an ongoing jail term.
Farhadi’s narrative is far from neat. For, as the plot unfolds down intricate paths, it’s messy like life is. FILM REVIEW: Asghar Farhadi’s 'A Hero,' the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner