October 17, 2003
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Agheleh Rezaie,
Abdolgani Yousefrazi,
Razi Mohebi,
Marzieh Amiri,
Aghelah Resaie
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Iranian writer/director Samira Makhmalbaf directs At Five in the Afternoon, co-scripted by her father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (director of Kandahar). In the bombed-out ruins of post-Taliban Kabul, Noqreh (... read more
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October 17, 2003
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
A feature that sifts through the rubble of global politics and finds this: a teaspoon of hope mixed with buckets of despair. Full Review
May 21, 2003
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
An unsettling and uneven work in which we must make do with a few sequences that hit the bull's-eye and many more that can't even locate a target.
December 8, 2004
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Didn't enlighten me too much about contemporary Afghanistan. Full Review
April 23, 2004
Harry Guerin, RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
An already powerful story could've had more impact had the characters been developed further. Full Review
January 15, 2004
Jason Anderson, eye WEEKLY
Despite the deprivations suffered by its subjects, At Five in the Afternoon is distinguished by the elegance and eloquence of its images. Full Review
October 17, 2003
Bruce Kirkland, Jam! Movies
The film operates in the realm of the human condition. Full Review
October 3, 2003
Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
Makhmalbaf wants to reflect what's happening in Afghanistan today. To that end this is a timely piece. Whether or not it remains as such as the years go by will only be known as history rolls itself out. Full Review
September 30, 2003
Moira Sullivan, Movie Magazine International
24 year old Samira Makhmalbaf is changing the way we see the Middle East. Full Review
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