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Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader: This gory, ham-fisted hybrid of social-issue picture and horror film exerts a crude but undeniable power. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: The film, shot elegantly in color but with the dramatic feel of black and white, functions as a parable of power abused by the multitude. It takes a village to turn craven stupidity into fascist bestiality. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: The spoiler is in the title of The Stoning of Soraya M., a powerful, relentlessly brutal drama about Iranian capital punishment. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: The Stoning Of Soraya M. crawls forward in excruciating slow motion toward the inevitable day when sinners cast the first, second, third, and fourth (etc.) stone, stacking the deck at every turn along the way. Read more
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: Although The Stoning is efficiently made, it is ultimately a cheat. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is less a movie than a blunt instrument, a bit of political parable, a bit more outrage, and nary a scrap of real drama or finesse. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: The whole movie marches to that same, sad rhythm of unalterable horror, illuminated by Joel Ransom's brutal and beautiful cinematography. The sum is difficult to watch. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Whatever its dramatic flaws, and they are many, this is a movie that, in essence, is more than a movie. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: The more dramatic the material, the more restrained the approach ought to be. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: The film comes perilously close to reveling in the horror while revealing it. And dramatically, this is distressingly simple-minded fare: ugliness leads to ugliness. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A reasonable person might well add the issue to the agenda after enduring this at times unbearably violent agitprop drama, based on the true story of an Iranian woman stoned to death after being falsely accused by her husband of adultery. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Goes well beyond its angry didacticism and its specific indictment of men's oppression of women to achieve the impact of a Greek tragedy through its masterful grasp of suspense and group psychology, and some superb acting. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: At the end, when a photograph of the real Soraya flashes across the screen, your heart breaks for the poor woman, but your ears are relieved that the film has finally stopped shouting at you. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: What keeps us watching is the path -- from outrage, to fear, to resigned martyrdom -- of Mozhan Marno, who plays the blameless victim, and the speak-truth-to-power courage of Aghdashloo as her tireless advocate, desperately looking for justice. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The sort of film that gets its strength from subject matter rather than artistic choices, this sincere but unsubtle drama will likely earn additional attention due to its timeliness. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: The film is plodding and simplistic. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Stoning of Soraya M. has such a powerful stoning sequence that I recommend it if only for its brutal ideological message. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A riveting account of oppression, injustice and defiance. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This broadside against sharia law lacks the finesse of an import, but it's effectively melodramatic, particularly because of the strong performance of Iranian-born actress Shoreh Aghdashloo Read more
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: Though The Stoning of Soraya M.' s heart is in the right place, its head is lost in storm clouds of anger. Read more
Greg Quill, Toronto Star: Despite some wonderful performances, the plot plods inexorably and with sickening predictability towards the inevitable conclusion, but nothing can prepare us for the actual event, which Nowrasteh films in real time and in shocking detail. Read more
Vadim Rizov, Village Voice: Right now, you're better off just watching the news. Read more
Jan Stuart, Washington Post: Iranian American director Cyrus Nowrasteh has amplified the basic elements of Suraya's story into the worst kind of exploitive Hollywood melodrama, presented under the virtuous guise of moral outrage. Read more