Offside

  • Rated PG
  • 1hr 33m
  • 85

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Jafar Panahi

Producer:

Jafar Panahi

Writer:

Jafar Panahi, Shadmehr Rastin

Release Date:

Mar 23, 2007

Runtime:

1hr 33m

Synopsis

The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.

Cast

  • Sima Mobarak-Shahi
  • Shayesteh Irani
  • Ayda Sadeqi
  • Golnaz Farmani
  • Mahnaz Zabihi
  • Nazanin Sediq-zadeh
  • Melika Shafahi
  • Safdar Samandar
  • Mohammad Kheir-abadi
  • Masoud Kheymeh-kabood

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Metacritic

85
metacritic
Based on 25 Critics
7.9

USER SCORE (36)

Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Reviews
80

Women's roles and the eternal fight to expand their rights in Iranian society get a light, hugely entertaining treatment in Jafar Panahi's Offsides.

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Metacritic review by Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter
80

In his most accessible and spontaneous picture, ranking Iranian helmer Jafar Panahi reveals unsuspected comic gifts barely visible in his dramatic festival winners The White Balloon, The Circle and Crimson Gold.

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Metacritic review by Deborah Young
Deborah Young
Variety
90

Offside is blatantly metaphoric and powerfully concrete, deceptively simple and highly sophisticated in its formal intelligence.

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Metacritic review by J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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