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Stephen Holden, New York Times: The clammy chill that pervades "The Hunter," the fourth feature film by the Iranian director Rafi Pitts, seeps under your skin as you wait for its grim, taciturn protagonist to detonate. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: The film is stunningly composed, with images that convey Pitts' sense of being ground down by modernity and beset by institutional hypocrisy. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: If you find it convenient to think of Iran more as a bad dream than as a perceptible place, this is the film for you. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Pitts turns images of everyday urban sights - plaza steps, concrete apartment houses - into reflections of Ali's sense of emptiness and entrapment. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Cinematographer Mohammad Davudi's nighttime shots of jammed Tehran highways help convey the society's dehumanization. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is a parable about modern Iran, and like many recent Iranian films it leaves its meaning to the viewer. Read more
David Fear, Time Out: By the time you realize how stealthy the film's critique has been, you've already fallen right into its trap. Read more
Trevor Johnston, Time Out: Sombre and piercing, The Hunter courageously defends the right to voice resistance. Read more
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Filmed during the months leading up to the 2009 presidential election in Iran, The Hunter still seethes with fury -- and anticipates the blood that would spill after the vote. Read more