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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisAn intimate, discursive inquiry into religious belief that opens to include questions about cinema.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungImages and metaphors whimsicially combine in a fine, fast-flowing documentary introducing the Baha'i faith.
- 70Village VoiceAaron CutlerVillage VoiceAaron CutlerThe filmmaker once responsible for virtuoso, tragicomic social critiques like The Cyclist (1987) and Marriage of the Blessed (1989) now delicately works to see how beautiful the world can look when people embrace each other's differences.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe elder Makhmalbaf, who wrote and directed, puts many spins on this ethereal mood piece — it is by turns poetic, impressionistic, metaphorical and even a bit trippy — without satisfying such genre basics as structure, depth and resolution.