Taste of Cherry 1997

Another ‘masterpiece’ that is basically average.

I mean it’s ok but there’s nothing that stands out here. The idea is ok but isn’t done particularly well. The visuals are basic and basically just pointing the camera at people talking with seemingly no concern for aesthetics.

Pretty sure that if all the people who say this is so good just stumbled across it on TV one afternoon without knowing anything about it, they’d say it was completely bland.

Can’t go above 5/10

The original title of the film is Ta'm e Guilass.

Kiarostami's diktat resonates today more than ever: we need to slow down and look for the pace that allows us to see life through the right lenses, rethinking our priorities, embracing sadness.

This feels like Locke if it was written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Truly a beautiful, poetic film that despite its heavy subject matter isn’t as downbeat as you might expect. There are moments of wonder in this that would come across as cheesy or disingenuous in a Hollywood film, however here it feels so emotionally real. It’s very thought provoking, focussing on humanism and philosophy as the core of the story, meditative would probably be a good way of describing it. It has some really pretty cinematography (though the camerawork inside the car gets stale, which is probably my biggest complaint) and all of the acting feels understated and completely natural. The ending makes the right choice for the story, but I think that it could’ve been presented in a more natural way. I think I get what it’s going for, but stylistically it feels off to me.

8/10

interesting and well achieved in terms of spaces, but excessively slow (many dialogues and scenes are unnecessarily and inconsequentially long)... Anyway, this is just my point of view, possibly it is "good" and "deep" for other people.

Well, I, for one, was engaged in the conversations.

File this under “really good movie I probably don’t ever need to see again.” Surprised by Ebert’s reaction, as I didn’t find it “excruciatingly boring.” It was certainly slow, but I don’t think it needed to be anything different. Homayoun Ershadi has a truly magnificent face, and the movie was well-served in giving so much of the runtime to a closeup of his profile. The moments where tears welled up in his eyes killed me.

i can surely understand how many people appreciate the artistic side of the movie, and i like to watch stuff like these where it feels like ur watching real people live their lives and not acting, but still it still was so painfully boring :( i had to use all my self-control to not skip all the useless 3 minute shots of the guy driving. i wanted to like it, but i don't. wouldn't wanna watch again

Serene, philosophical masterpiece from the brilliant Kiarostami

Packs a lot of meaning.. never seen a movie like that before, interesting iranian movie

it's so tasty, delicious! Taste it!