I expected to love About Elly but the story line just wasn't compelling. It felt slow and the whole movie seems to take place in one setting.
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I expected to love About Elly but the story line just wasn't compelling. It felt slow and the whole movie seems to take place in one setting.
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Elly (Taraneh Alidousti), a young school teacher, has gone on a weekend vacation with a group of thirtysomething professional couples from Tehran.
The film starts with a simple plot, and ends with much more simplicity. Farhadi proves to be a real master in storytelling. He is believed to be one of the best ...
Surely the result of some hilarious hijinks! Reviews like “A subtle psychological thriller” written across top? Okay I just ignored that one.
It's breezy, then suspenseful, and gradually, crushingly sad. On its own terms, it's a perfect film. As usual with Farhadi, the themes sneak up ...
About Elly · Roger Ebert [Godfrey Cheshire] · Sight & Sound [Philip Kemp] · New York Times [Stephen Holden] · Salon.com [Andrew O'Hehir] · San Francisco Chronicle [ ...
Farhadi is a masterful filmmaker whose films have time and again asked very crucial questions about love, marriage, family, and the society.
With its slim plot and modest scope, the film is less substantial and deep than “A Separation” and less emotionally resonant than “The Past,” ...
Farhadi's pacing and tone in this opening act is much like its setting — breezy and joyful, leisurely setting up the group dynamic and ...