SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The Couchpotatoes I honestly didn't expect much from this movie. Not to be rude or anything but a Persian movie is not really my idea and expectation of a good movie. I just imagine that there will not be much freedom of directing and so on. I also think it's my first Persian movie ever that I saw. I didn't know any of the actors but they were quite good actually. The movie itself wasn't bad but not great either. It's one of those movies I don't regret watching but I'm pretty sure I won't watch it a second time and that I will forget about it in a couple weeks. The story was okay, but just a bit too slow for me. And it also could have been a bit more feisty, with a bit more revenge at the end. But that's my personal choice. All in all it's an okay movie to watch once.

gherson Walked out. Film is stupid, annoying: The movie is so anti-sex that the characters kept accusing a prior neighbor of promiscuity, to blame her and explain the ensuing evil (the rape, primarily). The supposedly intelligent husband stupidly assumes, without talking to her about it, that his wife is ready to jump right back on stage after being violently raped and hospitalized.

valleyjohn I decided to watch The Salesman when I found out that it beat the brilliant Land of Mine to best film in a foreign language at last years Oscars. Was it as good as Land of Mine ? well maybe not quite but I'm really pleased I watched it. It's the story of a couple are forced to leave their collapsing apartment building, when a friend offers them a flat to live in but he doesn't tell them this it was formerly inhabited by a prostitute. While home alone at night and taking a shower, the wife is attacked, and has difficulty coping with the aftermath. This is a film set in Iran but it could be set anywhere. The people in this film are just like you and me and although there are cultural difference you wouldn't really know it in this film. Writer and director Asghar Farhadi has made thought provoking film about disgrace , revenge , and pride and the cast do him proud. The Salesman is available on Amazon.

eddie_baggins Winner of this year's Best Foreign Language Oscar at the Academy Awards, The Salesman continues on Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's stunning recent collection of dramatic works that includes fellow Oscar winner A Separation and Golden Globe nominee The Past.An intense and intimate drama that veers into a character driven and decision making thriller in its later stages, Farhadi's film focuses on the fractured relationship that begins to build between married couple Emad and Rana Etesami after Rana is violently assaulted in the couples new rental property.Brilliantly played by Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti respectively, Emad and Rana are both believable characters and well-drawn ones, staples of Farhadi's ever increasing strong body of works, and their separate journey's in learning to deal with and overcome this violation of their lives is one you as an audience member will be drawn into like a moth to a flame.Emad who's initially a strong and respectable figure, a beloved teacher and theatre actor (the title of this film relates to Emad and Rana's role in a stage production of The Death of a Salesman) finds himself increasingly captivated by the quest to find the perpetrator of the assault on Rana, that slowly but surely unravels his usual in-command lifestyle, while Rana's mental mindset and ability to cope with the trauma of this event sees her become a shell of her former self, unable even to do mundane run of the mill tasks.Farhadi expertly deals with this situation that arises in the Etesami's life, the film feels almost like a documentary, so real are scenes played out and as Emad's quest takes a potentially dangerous turn as the film enters into its final stretches, The Salesman's tension riddled and fiercely real situation's become some of the year's most wholly captivating, as we're trust headfirst into decisions that will affect these characters lives till the end of their days.Final Say – The Salesman isn't flashy cinema but Farhadi's carefully considered drama has a raw and poignant power that will lay its grip on viewers and won't let go until the credits roll, making The Salesman another fine feature film from one of the world's most consistent and original filmmakers.4 sleeping teachers out of 5