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Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans...
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| IndieWireEric KohnRather than relish in the stark proceedings, Manuscripts Don't Burn preys on its viewers' imagination, leaving several deaths and other dreary outcomes off-screen. In the unbearable tension of its final moments, the movie arrives at an expected destination, but the outcome stings more than anything preceding it. |
| Madison MovieRob Thomas"Manuscripts Don't Burn" is one of the best films I've seen this year, and one of the hardest to watch. |
| GuardianLeslie FelperinPutting aside the worthiness of its politics, this is also a crackling, tense thriller, graced with beautifully measured performances, that explores with wisdom and sorrow the best and worst in human nature. |
| Boston GlobePeter KeoughThe government, even under the new, more moderate leadership of President Hassan Rouhani, has reason for concern. Unlike Rasoulof and Panahi’s previous, more metaphorical films, this one confronts its subject head-on with unflinching candor. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisIts violence is low-tech... and its look is old-school, but its message could not possibly be more momentous. |
| RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireEasily the most daring and politically provocative film yet to emerge from Iran. |
| Stream on DemandSean AxmakerIranian filmmakers have a history of couching their criticisms of life in Iran in metaphor. This film puts its portrait of authoritarian oppression out in the open. |
| VarietyAlissa SimonA brave, challenging picture that makes the viewer complicit in the action, it is also perhaps the first film since the declaration of the Islamic Republic to confront so directly the brutality of the feared security apparatus. |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearThe initially cryptic plotting and low-key realism are familiar from Iranian dramas; what’s striking is how Rasoulof shifts into such a lucid, gut-punching tale of persecution. The film’s flaws are forgivable; its very existence should be applauded. |
| The ListEmma SimmondsA story those who live blithely in freedom quite simply need to see. |