Pir Pesar

"Old Bachelor" is a precise, orderly, thoughtful, and tasteful film that lingers in the mind due to its production quality and subject matter.

This film is over three hours long, but it neither tires nor loses the audience.

It has a very solid rhythm and full of details.

The performances are all excellent and spot-on.

I was able to understand and get to know all the characters. Especially the character of the eldest son (Ali) felt very tangible and relatable to me.

The set design, lighting, and color palette are phenomenal.

It has one of the best cinematographies in Iranian cinema.

The music is also excellent and conveys that tension and excitement in the best possible way.

Alongside all its strengths, I think the film's duration could have been more cohesive and shorter!

Like numerous scenes depicting the 'Father' character's drug use.

This might be justified for character explanation in the early scenes, but it feels excessive in the second half!

Another issue is the symbolism; while it mostly flows with the film, in some places it seems illogical!

Overall, "Old Bachelor" is a well-crafted, polished film with strong performances and respectable quality!

It has so many commendable strengths that make one overlook its flaws.

The film was shocking and at the same time fascinating, a 3-hour film that no one left the theater during the screening! The story progressed well for the first hour, and when it reached the second hour, it became a little boring. I think this film could have been much more interesting at 2 and a half hours. The last 30 minutes of the film are when the story reaches its darkest point, and several horrible secrets are revealed and those shocking events occur that are like a bucket of ice water being poured on the viewer. Despite being still in shock, the viewer looks at the last frame, which is full of longing, tragedy, and blood, and that music and the dirty, messy house, which now has negative energy lurking in every corner, and the film ends.

After "OLD BOY" movie , THE OLD BACHELOR is the second best movie in Asia !!!

This movie is based on the famous book "Shahnameh" by Ferdowsi and I can confidently say that it is one of the most breathtaking movies of 2025 that you can watch.

In my opinion this movie should definitely be in the Oscars and I think like in 2019 when "Parasite" won all the awards, this can happen again for this movie.

When I watched the movie, felt the same as the time when I was reading Brothers Karamazov. They show how family becomes a microcosm of society's larger moral and existential struggles. At heart, both The Old Bachelor and The Brothers Karamazov are about:The inheritance of sin and guilt across generations. Men trapped between obedience, rebellion, and longing for redemption. The dangers of unchecked power, whether paternal, social, or internal.

Oktay Baraheniseems to have intentionally borrowed not just themes but also stylistic techniques from Dostoevsky, particularly The Brothers Karamazov, the house in the movie send you back to the Fyodor's house.

In a powerful social commentary movie about an abusive father and his two sons and a woman with economic problems, that is sometimes hard to watch, there are some great acting. Hassan Pourshirazi's performance as the abusive and morally repugnant father is nothing short of amazing. I am hoping that as Academy Awards are getting more international his acting gets a notice from Oscars. It is almost unheard of for an Iranian movie that lasts 3 hours but it worths every minute of it. Great direction and acting by the 4 main characters.