Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: It Was Just an Accident is the type of film that constantly keeps the audience on their collective toes, never knowing where it will head next. And that’s even if you didn’t know the details of how and why it was made; once that is discovered, it becomes something much deeper and more important than most other movies that will be released in 2025.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a film about justice, revenge and accountability and the differing ways people move past trauma. It is also tinged with mystery, sadness and, surprisingly, humor and a little bit of joy…
- Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- Excerpt: It Was Just an Accident is a masterful work by Jafar Panahi that combines mystery drama with sharp political criticism of the Iranian regime, exploring the moral dilemma between revenge and humanity with a tense narrative
- [New] | Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: The very fact that this movie represents France in the Oscar race and not Iran underscores the conditions that helped inspire the film’s existence.
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: For the duration of its 105 minutes, It Was Just an Accident makes you tense and it makes you think.
- Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Pega num tema sensível, junta situações caricatas do dia-a-dia, e brinca com o tema e as personagens para dar substância ao filme.
- Tusshar Sasi @ Filmy Sasi
- Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
- Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: An absurdly funny, powerfully dramatic, and delightfully rebellious film. It’s everything we should expect from Jafar Panahi at this point, especially now that he can supposedly make films with fewer restrictions than before.
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