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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comShirin in Love blends tangy romantic comedy and tart social satire into a cinematic cocktail that's pleasingly off-beat, warm-spirited and knowing.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesMary HoulihanChicago Sun-TimesMary HoulihanThere’s a glint of a clever idea here, but writer-director Ramin Niami’s reliance on tired rom-com tropes only serve to drag down the film, which plays out like a Harlequin romance.
- 40The DissolveNoah BerlatskyThe DissolveNoah BerlatskyA pallid romantic comedy possessed of neither imagination nor heart, it stumbles, like its star, from one familiar setpiece to another with a kind of dutiful, joyless resignation.
- 37Washington PostMark JenkinsWashington PostMark JenkinsAlthough Boniadi makes Shirin nearly as likable as she’s supposed to be, writer-director Ramin Niami’s movie is crudely contrived and sloppily edited.
- 30Village VoiceAaron HillisVillage VoiceAaron HillisThere's very little to distinguish this from every other characterless rom-com with a demographically marketable hook.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA blandly generic romantic comedy mainly notable for its largely centering on Iranian-American characters, Shirin in Love demonstrates that clichés cross all ethnic boundaries.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyWhen not serving up sentimental contrivance, Shirin in Love is just tepidly cute, with wan comic situations and lines that provide little opportunity for a game-enough cast.
- 30The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldIt’s the kind of movie that makes you zero in on and root for an actor (Ms. Madigan) as she tries to wring something real out of her lines, but there’s no saving this film.
- 20Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAn abject filmmaking lesson in the many ways to irk moviegoers: cardboard characters, dippy plotting, sentimental overkill and tortuous logic.