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Rosewater (2014)

November. 07,2014
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In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.

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SpuffyWeb
2014/11/07

Sadly Over-hyped

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Executscan
2014/11/08

Expected more

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Luecarou
2014/11/09

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

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Cheryl
2014/11/10

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

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Anthony Iessi
2014/11/11

Jon Stewart. Comedian. Astute political commentator. Filmmaker. He isn't known for the latter, but he should be. Since he is long finished with his reign on The Daily Show, he must consider making more films. Rosewater is a triumph. A strong cry for resistance of despotic regimes worldwide. A loud roar for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Maziar Bahari is not fake news. He has a story that makes us all thankful that the monstrous Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is no longer in power. The interrogation scenes made me cringe in compassion for all political prisoners. Jon Stewart wanted to make a powerful statement and he succeeded. He's proved to be a provocateur with his on-stage persona.. but his filmmaking skills are equally as provoking.

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sanjin_9632
2014/11/12

When I first heard about this, I thought it was going to be a documentary, because I wouldn't have expected Jon Stewart to tackle a biographical feature. There's a lot of things wrong with this movie. For example, when I envision detainment in an Iranian prison, this is certainly not the way I'd imagine it. Too soft. My portrayal of the treatment of alleged spies in Islamic countries would probably be much worse. He was detained for almost 4 months, which in terms of sentencing, and *doing time* in general isn't considered a real sentence. The only scene which sort of seemed authentic is when the *torturer* threatened to shoot Gael, but it would've been better if he'd done the same thing for a week and not just once.All in all, it's a nice little story. After reading up on Maziar Barhadi, I'm not quite sure what to think. Who knows if someone's really a spy or not? He could've just as easily been a spy, still. This movie is very light, romanticized, liberal propaganda. I'm giving this movie a 4.8/10 just because it's low budget. Sort of.

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SnoopyStyle
2014/11/13

In 2009, Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal) travels to his homeland to report on the Iranian election for Newsweek. His father was once imprison for being a communist and so was his late sister. He does a segment with The Daily Show. When Ahmadinejad is declared the winner, protests erupted and he's arrested. He is imprisoned for 4 months facing constant interrogation.The movie is pretty compelling for the first 30 minutes. It's interesting history and good drama. After getting imprisoned, the movie doesn't have quite as much. Jon Stewart doesn't really have any interesting style and that section needs that something out of the box. It's earnest and so is everybody else. Jon could have gone surreal. It's pretty straight forward with some attempts at dark humor. It's a fine informative film.

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Max Frimodig
2014/11/14

When i saw this movie my thoughts about was, this could be a Münich movie one movie i liked very much. However this movie was a bit boring but yet interesting for the first half i did fall asleep at one time. But then come the second half of the movie and i did feel that this is a movie that i didn't waste my time in watching the whole movie. Yes it does contain some parts that should been left out, some parts would have been more strong. Could i see it again ye but not within a month or two, i would say this is a great movie to see on a dark night when rain is coming down hard. I would see it with my friends boyfriend/girlfriend its a non nudity well made movie with an very interesting story.

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