
James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. At a book reading, a woman gives him her address, and the next day they meet and take a country-side drive to a local Italian village. Here, they discuss various works of art found in the town, and also the nature of their relationship - which gets both more revealed and concealed as the day progresses.... (Full plot summary below)
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James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. At a book reading, a woman gives him her address, and the next day they meet and take a country-side drive to a local Italian village. Here, they discuss various works of art found in the town, and also the nature of their relationship - which gets both more revealed and concealed as the day progresses.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussIt may be merely a copy of life, but in its power, mystery, confusion and emotional resonance, 'it leads us to the original.' |
| Film Freak CentralWalter Chawsuggests a master filmmaker comfortable in his themes and his artistry. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezAbbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy doesn't defy you to understand it, and yet it feels almost inappropriate, tasteless even, to do so-as if you were eavesdropping on a private conversation. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasThe only thing I can say for certain is that we can put our trust in the hands of a master filmmaker like Kiarostami, who engages the mind at the same time he pierces the heart. "Certified Copy" is the real deal. |
| The TrendStephen SilverOne of those films that's a joy to watch and even more of a joy to think about afterward. It's an amazing film that will stay with you for days, if not weeks. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonA remarkable meditation on the meaning of art, love, history, and the definition of reality. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaO que importa de fato é a percepção que temos da obra (ou, no caso, dos personagens) e a maravilhosa reflexão que esta nos inspira. |
| NPRScott TobiasA film as audacious and radical as any likely to see theaters this year. |
| New York PressArmond WhiteKiarostami has become the new Kieslowski, an emigrant to Western Europe whose pretentiousness embarrasses the whole concept of art cinema-as proven by Certified Copy. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA masterpiece, and Kiarostami's best film since The Wind Will Carry Us (1999). |