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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrDeeper and richer in humanity than all but a handful of the American films released this year.
- 90Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteIt simultaneously wows you with the stark beauty of its images, a beauty that leads to another, related kind of truth that is equally crucial. It's not to be missed.
- 90Dallas ObserverBill GalloDallas ObserverBill GalloIt's difficult to imagine a more eloquent tribute.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonShowing us a world through a child's eyes, A Time for Drunken Horses speaks so truthfully and well that it breaks the heart and scars the conscience.
- 75Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachThe real hero here is Ghobadi, whose love and respect for the culture in which he was raised shines through every frame.
- 75Miami HeraldCurtis MorganMiami HeraldCurtis MorganA wrenching film.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakIn its austere visual understatement rests a ton of emotional power.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleGhobadi works squarely in the neorealist tradition of countrymen like former mentor Abbas Kiarostami, using nonprofessional actors and documentary technique to tell small, spare stories of the human condition through the eyes of children.
- 63San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisThe welcome hints at emotional excess are compromised by the blunt force of the movie's political point-making.
- 63New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanGhobadi (himself an Iranian Kurd) takes some gorgeous shots against the snow, but his storytelling is uneven and often slow.