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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★

  Here’s some free advice for any movie characters out there: If you ever happen to stumble upon a random bag full of money — and it’s not much of a stretch to assume that you might someday — the very first thing you should do is look up and check if the opening credits are still floating in the air nearby. If you see the words “directed by Peter Farrelly,” you might be in for a pretty good time and an even better tuxedo. If you see the words “directed by Joel and Ethan Coen,” I regret to inform you that you’re already dead. But in the event that you should come across a sudden windfall only to turn your…

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  Review by Scott Tobias ★★★★★ 11

  Farhadi's best since A Separation, and on the same level. There may be better filmmakers right now, but there's no better dramatist than him.

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  Review by Ethan Colburn ★★★★★ 9

  Absolutely wrecked me.

  This is the closest thing I’ve seen to The Bicycle Thieves, and I imagine my experience was similar to the experience of watching that for the first time in the 40s. While it presents a different situation, it also presents a scenario that makes you question your own morals, and digs into the meaning and consequences of a man’s actions, both his good and cruel intentions.

  This is my first Farhadi movie, (I’ve been told I should see A Separation for ages) and it was an incredible experience watching this film. A fault of many auteurs is they attempt to conquer too many themes in their film, causing it to get over bloated. Farhadi is laser focused…

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  Review by ˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★½ 7

  was not expecting uncut gems level of stress from this goodness meee i am devastated

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  Review by nick ★★★½ 2

  A Hero is not on the same level as A Separation, or even The Past, but it's still a rather important entry in Asghar Farhadi's glorious filmography. Arguably Farhadi's most outwardly political output to date, A Hero repeats Farhadi's winning formula of everyday moral dilemmas, this time in the social media era.

  Story-wise A Hero probably resembles About Elly the most, as they both detail a tangled, broad-stroked story that somehow lacks the high definitions and sensual satisfaction of Farhadi's superior works. A social, political, and personal fable that replies on the vessel of an inmate who accidentally is crowned "a hero", A Hero is ambitious in its efforts to put its spin on multiple themes, from the perception of…

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  Review by Hungkat ★★★★ 1

  It's always heartbreaking to watch someone who makes a minor blunder that undoes everything they’ve done right up to that point. A seemingly basic premise quickly devolves into something far more complex. A Hero expertly examines society's construction of a model, carved out by social expectations and the media, whose ethics and morality are publicly scrutinized at every step he takes. Farhadi asks a lot of questions yet offers very few to no answers. It's a film of truths, half-truths, and little lies that resides in the ocean of grey, and it's within this zone lies its emotional core. It's hard to judge who's right and who isn't. There is no winner. But losers, there might be a few.

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  Review by BananaPudding ★★★★ 8

  Dishonesty is a malady that burns like a forest fire and manufactured empathy is the fuel that further scorch the searing flame. At the risk of sounding awfully similar to an Ehrlich one-liner - Asghar Farhadi's UNCUT GEMS.

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  Review by Prateek Sharma ★★★★½ 2

  Best of 2021

  Asghar Farhadi you Fuckin genius. He did it again with simplistic and realistic approach, when it comes to dramatization as in genre in modern times he's definitely up there. And I dare to say he's the modern day Kiarostami for me. The way he empathize with imperfections amongst common people is incredible, it's a slow burn and if you are looking for reward at the end then this film isn't for you. This film is as real as it gets, Farhadi didn't give all the answers related to chain of unfortunate events happen around the main character and it's amazing how tight and beautiful the screenplay is in this film and in other's hand it could have…

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  Review by Michael James ★★★★ 1

  The master storyteller in Asghar Farhadi returns with yet another powerful and immersive human drama, that’s deceptively simple yet complexly layered. He takes up relatable everyday characters, throws them in significant situations and explores the complicated moral psyche of human minds, through his well written conversational dialogues and terrific character developments. It captures and reflects the contemporary Iranian society mindset effectively, and further keeps the slow burn drama engaging with solid plot twists. A compelling watch.

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  Review by Abdulla Alsaleh ★★★★★ 2

  The only other movie I've seen from Asghar Farhadi was his most well known one, A Separation, and because of this, I was expecting A Hero to be another movie about a situation that starts out simple before spiraling into something much more ethically complicated. Even with that in mind, this film was still an incredibly gripping experience, and it went in a lot of unexpected directions with its character-driven story. I honestly don't think I can praise Farhadi enough for making a movie where characters this empathetic are put in situations this difficult, because while Rahim is definitely not a perfect person, seeing him try his best to make up for his continuous mistakes is really compelling, the Farhadi's…

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  Review by Matt Neglia ★★★★ 1

  A HERO finds Asghar Farhadi telling a compelling story about the fine lines between truth & lies, honor & humiliation, right & wrong. Amir Jadidi is great. Sympathetically shows how a seemingly simple act of kindness can grow into an entangled web of stress inducing complications.

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  Review by JBird ★★★★

  "A Hero" has got some debt,
  And can't go home just yet.
  Finding some coin,
  He hopes to rejoin,
  But others won't let him forget.