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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyA Man of Integrity is both a work of political defiance and of artistic audacity. The movie’s extreme contrast between the bland surfaces of daily life and the maddening pressures of ambient power looming beneath them turns its starkly realistic images into calmly furious denunciations, journalistic revelations, and even wildly disorienting hallucinations.
- 90TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleLest you think this is all a bit much for one family to endure, Rasoulof’s storytelling acumen is firmly in the realm of propulsive, detail-driven ethical thriller built on its character’s actions, rather than mere punching-bag melodrama. And it goes somewhere, most importantly, with its ideas, leaving you after its final, devastating image with something to think about instead of simply abandoned with your rage or pity.
- 80VarietyAlissa SimonVarietyAlissa SimonA Man of Integrity is a tense, enraging drama about corruption and injustice, set in a small village.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungAn uncompromising drama from one of Iran’s most outspoken directors.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThrough it all, Akhlaghirad makes a fine, seething muse for Rasoulof, a character who never quite gave up his student protestor past now speaking for a filmmaker who plainly never outgrew his, either.
- 75The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangRasoulof’s film, while understandably angry, is nothing if not singleminded . It’s a saturnine morality tale that unfolds in shades of rainy gray beneath leaden, overcast skies, gritting up the nation’s cinematic tradition of humanist drama to an almost unrecognizable degree.
- 75RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireRogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireRasoulof’s story proceeds with the deliberate pace and simmering tension of a ‘70s political thriller.
- 70The New York TimesDevika GirishThe New York TimesDevika GirishEmploying minimal background music and a bleak, blue-gray color palette, Rasoulof evokes a sense of nihilism that is as suffocating as it is affecting.
- 65Film ThreatRay LoboFilm ThreatRay LoboIf your first exposure to Rasoulof was There is No Evil, you may feel a bit let down by A Man of Integrity. That is not to say that this is a subpar film, as it is definitely a satisfying drama.