aalpersahin When the revolution happened I was only 8 years old and living in the neighbor country Turkey. But i actually remember the terrible things in Iran. I also point out that shah and the royalty made the country poorer and poorer.It was the truth. As for the movie, I liked it very much. Mr. A. Broedy is a great actor and S. Hayek is a playing a good role. But i don't like the truth that these kind of all screenplays and productions are coming through the Jewish society. So i think Jewish film makers always make bad criticize and try to show the things worse then itself. I don't know is it a kind of way demonstrate the hatred in themselves against Islam? Anyway, i think this movie is good and deserves more contribution and feed backs than this. Finally Welldone work and i suggest you to watch it

Movie Monkey44 The only truth is that the movie is mediocre at best, regardless of the propaganda aspect. It's overwhelmingly one sided in substance and disappointing to watch, since it actually distorts the cause of certain historical events which took place. It tries too hard to focus on a single side effect of the revolution, and at a certain point, it becomes insulting to ones intelligence regardless of political views. Obviously, the reason is that it doesn't want to exposed any other detail about grievances a whole people might have had, as would be the case in any revolution. It claims to be based on true events, but those events are manipulated and exaggerated to such a degree that you walk away hating a whole people, not knowing really why... and not learning anything new.

costyia_critic This movie is a must see for all audiences. It shows to the ones that have not lived the consequences of violence either by war or revolution to innocent people. Some people criticized the film as one that tries to pass its propaganda to the viewers. I have not seen a single element of propaganda in this film. And as I have also witnessed similar conditions and events I say that the plot though based on a novel is 100% realistic and all the facts in the film could have happened there too as historical facts are easily reachable and available to any interested party to read and find out the truth. The cast is amazing. Perfect appearances by Salma Hayek, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Adrien Brody.

DominaTroy This movie, to me, was extremely non believable considering that it is a true story based on the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Opening, we are introduced to our location, Tehran, Iran with a gathering of people at a party. From that moment, the first thought was that the selection on actors i.e. Selma Hayek and most others, were not cast correctly as Iranian descent/Middle Eastern actors. The set, background, was so fake, I felt like I was watching, and this is very difficult to describe, a clip on "how to make a film set look real: The beginning stages." From that moment on, not one set of dialogue, as a reviewer said before me, made any sense. Nothing was played out, and the movie lacked a true plot. This is a truly discouraging and disappointing experience while watching a movie based on the true events of the Jewish/Muslim conflict during the Iranian Revolution of the time. I would not watch this movie if you are familiar with the history, a true movie buff and critic, or put off by or offended by cultural/ethnicity casting. I believe what was done here was offensive. I do also think that many will find that this is a good movie and enjoyable, however, I hope that by picking certain actors in this movie was not the CSA or Directors idea of getting it attention, as this was a real and horrifying time in history for many.