Tehran, and possibly the whole of Iran, is galvanised by a match to be played at the Azadi stadium between Bahrain and Iran, the victor of which will qualify for the World Cup. Although women are banned from watching, a number of them, undeterred, attempt to buy tickets and enter disguised as men. Funny and fierce in equal measure Offside was filmed during the actual Iran versus Bahrain match in Tehran in 2005.... (Full plot summary below)
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Tehran, and possibly the whole of Iran, is galvanised by a match to be played at the Azadi stadium between Bahrain and Iran, the victor of which will qualify for the World Cup. Although women are banned from watching, a number of them, undeterred, attempt to buy tickets and enter disguised as men. Funny and fierce in equal measure Offside was filmed during the actual Iran versus Bahrain match in Tehran in 2005.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA funny, poignant, and jubilant Iranian film about some passionate female soccer fans that ends with a mystical moment of oneness. |
| Sight and SoundJulian GraffyOffside is comic and exuberant, bold and resilient. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussGreatness is a word often associated with Iranian cinema. But fun? Practically never. Jafar Panahi's exuberant and subversive Offside, however, scores on both points. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonPanahi has learned how to use natural space, both confined and open, as the foundation for the film. Thankfully, this cinematic process rolls right over any ideas of generic plot. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonAlthough its message is deadly serious, is is filled with wit and winning characters. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsMost of this winning drama shows [girls] bantering with their male keepers, boyish soldiers who don't want to miss the game themselves. Over the crowd's roar, they argue about Islamic prohibitions and the statistics of star players. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonJafar Panahi of Iran is one of his country's great filmmakers, and Offside is his best movie to date. |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekA look at a supposed enemy that resonates with passions very much like our own. |
| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsFrom the Western perspective, the feisty protagonists' predicament might seem silly, until it gradually sinks in that this treatment is business as usual in a backward land that seems to have gotten stuck in the Middle Ages. Alley Oop lives! |
| eFilmCritic.comDavid CorneliusA phenomenal work... the sort of satire where reality is its own punchline. |
