
A drama set in Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose marriage had a tragic ending.... (Full plot summary below)
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A drama set in Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose marriage had a tragic ending.
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| Little White LiesTiru ThiruvilangamThis is The Wicker Man but with scary English country folks replaced with the supposed Axis of Evil. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfThe expansive dramatic approach makes sense, even at its most cringe-inducing, as Stoning is a picture created solely to disturb and provoke, not educate. With those goals in mind, the film is a smashing success. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe Stoning of Soraya M. goes well beyond its angry didacticism and its specific indictment of men's oppression of women to achieve the impact of a Greek tragedy through its masterful grasp of suspense and group psychology, and some superb acting. |
| The Arts DeskMarkie Robson-ScottMelodramatic, yes, but this powerful, disturbing film is based on a real event in mid-Eighties Iran, which makes it easier -- or perhaps harder -- to bear. |
| Concrete PlaygroundAlice TynanA film that may become a little preachy but nonetheless asserts itself as an important document for the world's attention. |
| Cinema SightWesley LovellAnchored by a terrific performance by Shohreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M explores the disturbing lives of women in the more radical regions of the Middle East. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThis movie is well acted, directed, edited and filmed, however, it is also depressing, uninspiring and sickening. Like a glacier, it moves slowly and inexorably towards its final conclusion. |
| WORLD Megan BashamAs a documentation of an outrage, designed to horrify the world and make it pay attention, it works very well. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongThe film comes perilously close to reveling in the horror while revealing it. And dramatically, this is distressingly simple-minded fare: ugliness leads to ugliness. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordAnyone who thought "The Passion of the Christ," with which this film shares producer Stephen McEveety and star Caviezel, was its own form of torture porn, be forewarned. |