Woman and Child

The film feels heavily exaggerated in its portrayal of feminism. While it focuses on patriarchy and aims to highlight the injustices faced by women, it often does so in a heavy-handed way, losing subtlety and emotional depth. The story sometimes feels more like preaching than exploring real human conflicts.

Although the actors are talented, their performances feel flat and mechanical, especially in emotional scenes, as if they are reading lines rather than truly living their characters' experiences. Key moments and emotional beats lack proper development, which prevents the story from fully resonating with the audience.

Compared to Roustayi's other works, such as Metri Shesh Va Nim, this film lacks the intensity, depth, and layered storytelling that made his previous films so compelling.

"I watched this film with a colleague. Overall, it was a good and impactful movie. However, as a lawyer, I feel it's fair to criticize the screenplay for its unsuccessful handling of legal issues.

While the screenplay aimed to address legal matters and the shortcomings of the law, it was so overloaded with social, emotional, and sentimental concerns that it left no room for a proper, substantive critique. It ultimately resorted to just one or two dry slogans.

Despite this flaw, I truly enjoyed the film - even more than Metri Shesh-o Nim (Six and a Half Meters) and Abad va Yek Ruz (Forever and a Day).

A lightweight film with overly exaggerated scenes and performances. It neither reflects the culture of the people nor resolves any meaningful conflict. Lacking both form and substance, it really didn't work for me at all. The more I watched, the more it felt like style over substance, and by the end it left me completely unmoved.

Personally, I was interested in Saeed Roustayi's films. All his movies have been well-made in terms of screenplay, cinematography, and acting. However, I think this film wasn't as good as his previous works. The story's progression was fine, but it felt overly long, and some scenes in the middle and at the end needed to be cut. The emotions weren't as palpable as in his earlier films.

As always, Saeed Roustaee showed reality in the realest way possible. He captures both the big and small truths of society. It's like he's intentionally targeting every layer of it, one by one. From his very first movie, Life and a Day, it feels like he's been climbing up the social ladder step by step with each film.