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"It's a challenging and often hilarious study of a group of bickering, homegrown terrorists as they plan suicide bombings in London....The director and co-writer's extensive research and profound intellect elevate the film above mere farce."Los Angeles Times "It's a challenging and often hilarious study of a group of bickering, homegrown terrorists as they plan suicide bombings in London....The director and co-writer's extensive research and profound intellect elevate the film above mere farce."Los Angeles Times "[A] shockingly hilarious, stiletto-sharp satire directed by Chris Morris and written by a squad of British wits."New York Times "[A] shockingly hilarious, stiletto-sharp satire directed by Chris Morris and written by a squad of British wits."New York Times "[A] wacky slapstick comedy that gleans big, cathartic laughs from the surreal juxtaposition of the mundane and the militantly spiritual....It's an edgy provocation that alchemizes tragedy into literally explosive comedy." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "[A] wacky slapstick comedy that gleans big, cathartic laughs from the surreal juxtaposition of the mundane and the militantly spiritual....It's an edgy provocation that alchemizes tragedy into literally explosive comedy." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "[Its] willingness to trek into some fairly dark corners is what gives FOUR LIONS its sting....[Morris] isn't afraid to tread too close to hot-button issues."Movieline "[Its] willingness to trek into some fairly dark corners is what gives FOUR LIONS its sting....[Morris] isn't afraid to tread too close to hot-button issues."Movieline 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s pitch-black as it is hilarious....It should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor."Box Office 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s pitch-black as it is hilarious....It should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor."Box Office 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger."Chicago Sun-Times "It's a challenging and often hilarious study of a group of bickering, homegrown terrorists as they plan suicide bombings in London....The director and co-writer's extensive research and profound intellect elevate the film above mere farce."Los Angeles Times "It's a challenging and often hilarious study of a group of bickering, homegrown terrorists as they plan suicide bombings in London....The director and co-writer's extensive research and profound intellect elevate the film above mere farce."Los Angeles Times "[A] shockingly hilarious, stiletto-sharp satire directed by Chris Morris and written by a squad of British wits."New York Times "[A] shockingly hilarious, stiletto-sharp satire directed by Chris Morris and written by a squad of British wits."New York Times "[A] wacky slapstick comedy that gleans big, cathartic laughs from the surreal juxtaposition of the mundane and the militantly spiritual....It's an edgy provocation that alchemizes tragedy into literally explosive comedy." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "[A] wacky slapstick comedy that gleans big, cathartic laughs from the surreal juxtaposition of the mundane and the militantly spiritual....It's an edgy provocation that alchemizes tragedy into literally explosive comedy." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "[Its] willingness to trek into some fairly dark corners is what gives FOUR LIONS its sting....[Morris] isn't afraid to tread too close to hot-button issues."Movieline "[Its] willingness to trek into some fairly dark corners is what gives FOUR LIONS its sting....[Morris] isn't afraid to tread too close to hot-button issues."Movieline 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s pitch-black as it is hilarious....It should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor."Box Office 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s pitch-black as it is hilarious....It should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor."Box Office 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger."Chicago Sun-Times40.33055

"It's a challenging and often hilarious study of a group of bickering, homegrown terrorists as they plan suicide bombings in London....The director and co-writer's extensive research and profound intellect elevate the film above mere farce."Los Angeles Times "[A] shockingly hilarious, stiletto-sharp satire directed by Chris Morris and written by a squad of British wits."New York Times "[A] wacky slapstick comedy that gleans big, cathartic laughs from the surreal juxtaposition of the mundane and the militantly spiritual....It's an edgy provocation that alchemizes tragedy into literally explosive comedy." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "[Its] willingness to trek into some fairly dark corners is what gives FOUR LIONS its sting....[Morris] isn't afraid to tread too close to hot-button issues."Movieline 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s pitch-black as it is hilarious....It should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor."Box Office 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger."Chicago Sun-Times40.33055

"It's a challenging and often hilarious study of a group of bickering, homegrown terrorists as they plan suicide bombings in London....The director and co-writer's extensive research and profound intellect elevate the film above mere farce."Los Angeles Times "[A] shockingly hilarious, stiletto-sharp satire directed by Chris Morris and written by a squad of British wits."New York Times "[A] wacky slapstick comedy that gleans big, cathartic laughs from the surreal juxtaposition of the mundane and the militantly spiritual....It's an edgy provocation that alchemizes tragedy into literally explosive comedy." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "[Its] willingness to trek into some fairly dark corners is what gives FOUR LIONS its sting....[Morris] isn't afraid to tread too close to hot-button issues."Movieline 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s pitch-black as it is hilarious....It should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor."Box Office 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger."Chicago Sun-Times40.33055

"It's a challenging and often hilarious study of a group of bickering, homegrown terrorists as they plan suicide bombings in London....The director and co-writer's extensive research and profound intellect elevate the film above mere farce."Los Angeles Times "[A] shockingly hilarious, stiletto-sharp satire directed by Chris Morris and written by a squad of British wits."New York Times "[A] wacky slapstick comedy that gleans big, cathartic laughs from the surreal juxtaposition of the mundane and the militantly spiritual....It's an edgy provocation that alchemizes tragedy into literally explosive comedy." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "[Its] willingness to trek into some fairly dark corners is what gives FOUR LIONS its sting....[Morris] isn't afraid to tread too close to hot-button issues."Movieline 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s pitch-black as it is hilarious....It should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor."Box Office 3 stars out of 4 -- "It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger."Chicago Sun-Times40.33055

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"This searing depiction of our seemingly endless 'war on terror' hits home in every sense." Rolling Stone8.57763

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"...[The film] creates a flow of symbolism so potent, so transporting in its physicality, that its impact all but transcends its [message]..." Entertainment Weekly "...Beautifully photographed....Hypnotic....[The film] shows great promise for a directing future..."Box Office "...Dazzling cinematography..."Film Comment "...Beautiful and poignant....There is such a sense of revelation in virtually every moment of this luminous film that it's amazing to consider all that happens and all its implications, some of it ironically symbolic..." Los Angeles Times "[T]he real highlight of the film is its middle stretch...A bold composition of sound and movement that is at once mesmerizingly abstract and viscerally affecting..."Film Comment "Meshkini's movie is so breathtakingly textural and so empathetic that it manages to transcend its context."Sight and Sound5.93403

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