Taste Of Cherry (1997)

14 out of 16 people found the following review helpful:

Crap

DRH from from Ely, 21st April, 2008

Do not waste your time, mindless numbing rubish

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8 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Another gem from Iran

A Customer from London,, 3rd July, 2005

I saw this first time in a film festival and I was very impressed with Kiarostami. This is the way cinema should be; a simple subject matter explored with simple cinematography. Fantastic dialogue.

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4 out of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Hill load of cement

A Customer from Poole, UK, 16th September, 2005

A man drives round and round a hill with a cement factory on it trying to get someone to kill him. It nearly killed me. Unutterably boring. The end is cliched and silly. Total tosh.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Grim but not grim

A Customer from eastbourne, 9th October, 2007

Undeniably the theme of potential suicide is not the happiest of dilemmas, but somehow through the darkness the director has made a radiant film full of life, colour and even joy. The characters each have meaning. All struggle with life and indeed faith and are easily identifiable, even for Western eyes. Strangely one is left not with a feeling of despair, like the main character, but hope. If you want lots of Hollywood syrup or panache, or simply Spiderman 3 don't watch this film, but if you want something thoughtful and reflective - watch!

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Very good, but slow

rpopper65 from from London, 17th September, 2008

I usually like these slow, observational films that let things unfold at a comfortable pace, but I did find this film unusually slow and difficult to watch. That's the thing with DVD rentals, there is not so much a sense of occasion as there is in going to the cinema, and so sometimes one's view of a film is unduly influence by how late you watch it, how tired you are, how distracted you are. Maybe that had something to do with my opinion on the film.

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unusual

A Customer from Cheltenham, 8th May, 2008

I liked it !To watch something filmed from such a different perspective, after a little while, I really got into it.

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Slow release

SailinginBurnham from , 13th February, 2008

I found the journeying around in a vehicle in a not unfamiliar dry landscape rather boring and there was for me nothing unpredictable in this film after the first 20 minutes. However, for those who like a slow release of a message and a sense of entering into the minds of others, and some insight into what might be seen to bind people from the different countries represented in the movie, I can see that this film might be an excellent choice. Unfortunately, at the time I was seeking something else from what was described as a 'drama'.

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