A Hero

"Amir Jadidi delivers an outstanding performance as Rahim..."

"A competent and sometimes convoluted morality play anchored by a sympathetic performance from... Amir Jadidi"

"A deliciously ironic, exquisitely complex and mysteriously stirring tale..."

"The plot holes are obvious from the outset."

"A very fine film about honesty, honor and the price of freedom."

"The film is a demonstrative examination of the way our raising of heroes onto social media pedestals diminishes the messy, sometimes impenetrable truth of human lives."

"It's very good."

"A soulful reflection on the morality of crime."

"A superb morality play that immerses us deeply in a society's values and rituals and keeps us guessing right to its powerful final shot."

"Farhadi might not be a filmmaker you expect to tackle the emotional ramifications of social media, but in his low-key way, he manages to spin Rahim's diffidence into a shrewd portrait of how random faces in the crowd can sow doubt."