The film is remarkable for the naturalistic acting of its cast, particularly the tender performances of the two leads, Hossein Abedini and Zahra Bahrami.

| Mar 23, 2010

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 6, 2005

Uma comovente (e divertida) histria de amor.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 24, 2003

Filled with honest performances and exceptional detail, Baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch, a haunting ode to humanity.

| Jun 22, 2003

a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing

| Original Score: B | Mar 30, 2003

It stays with you in fleeting images of gazing faces, muddy footprints, small fires lit against the chill.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 20, 2002

The faces of its inarticulate characters tell the story, and Majidi has put some amazing faces on the screen.

| Original Score: B | Dec 19, 2002

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 16, 2002

It reminds us of what a film can be when it's drawn from the heart of an artist who believes in the medium as something more than a product or commodity.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 13, 2002

The film's sharp, often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard...

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Nov 1, 2002

This rather superficial arthouse middle-brow film knows how to please a crowd, and that's about all it does well.

| Original Score: C | Oct 24, 2002

Baran isn't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or, indeed, by its director -- but it's a worthy companion to the many fine, focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations.

Full Review | Sep 6, 2002

Juxtaposes a vibrant, modern Iran against the harsh existence of its refugees for a film that is both political and powerfully personal.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 5, 2002

[Majidi] makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day.

| Aug 9, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 9, 2002

Offers viewers an honest portrayal of the realistic dilemmas confronting its characters and of the inspiring ways by which they learn to overcome them.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 5, 2002

The universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'Baran.'

| Jul 29, 2002

A mix of gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 20, 2002

The movie itself is timeless and universal, at once artless and sophisticated in its ability to engross.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 19, 2002