91
Metascore
25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100CineVueEd FranklCineVueEd FranklAt 82 minutes, this is a brisk but hugely powerful work that is cinema of the oppressed par excellence.
- 100VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA film of quiet but profound outrage, laughing on the surface, but howling in anger just beneath.
- 100Screen DailyDan FainaruScreen DailyDan FainaruThis is a delightful surprise, and though it is even more minimalistic than his last two illegal exports, This Is Not A film and Closed Curtains, it is also more mature, and better calibrated and - at the risk of annoying art house patrons who often hate this term - more entertaining than the other two.
- 100Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeJafar Panahi spotlights the act of filmmaking as an act of resistance as well as a possible source of propaganda and manipulation.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungAmazingly, Panahi turns the utterly simple, economical format of a camera inside a car into something relevant to his own artistic state and full of eye-opening insights into Iranian society.
- 90Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThere's something wonderful in how these scenes, so breezy and funny, reveal so much.
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangAn insightful, enjoyable, absorbing ride that stands as a testament to its director's lively, ungovernable storytelling imagination.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawTaxi grew on me. It is not as angry and painful as his previous work, the samizdat This Is Not a Film, but it is subtle, humorous and humane. It tells you more about modern Iran, I think, than you’ll discover on the news.
- 75New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeOften extremely funny, always thoughtful, the movie transcends its static nature to become a deeper picture of modern Iran than any news story could offer.