Reviews
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Original titleDane-ye anjir-e ma'abed
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
- 5 from the press
- 8.0 · 1 vote
The Seed of the Sacred Fig: reviews
Reviews
8.0 1 vote
What the critics say average 8.4 from 5 outlets
- 10 The TelegraphRobbie Collin
The film itself is a mesmerisingly gripping and controlled parable-thriller in which the paranoia, misogyny and rage of the Iranian state are mapped seamlessly onto an ordinary family unit.
Read - 9.1 IndiewireRyan Lattanzio
Rasoulof crafts an extraordinarily gripping allegory about the corrupting costs of power and the suppression of women under a religious patriarchy that crushes the very people it claims to protect.
Read - 8.0 Los Angeles TimesTim Grierson
By making the political personal, Rasoulof warns us that repression starts at home.
Read - 8.0 Vanity FairRichard Lawson
This is a sad and frightening story about a family's undoing, but Rasoulof ekes out some hope too.
Read - 7.0 Screen DailyJonathan Romney
The film is uneven: gripping when it maps out psychological stresses in a claustrophobic domestic setting, less so in the final stretches when it incongruously morphs into a women-in-peril thriller.
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Questions about the reviews of The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- What score does The Seed of the Sacred Fig have?
- Readers give it 8.0 (1 vote). The critics, 8.4 on average from 5 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Seed of the Sacred Fig?
- The highest score is The Telegraph’s (10) and the lowest Screen Daily’s (7.0).