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In the United States, Close-Up streams on Criterion. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 1 other country.
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An , crime movie: , but gripping, .
Good for date night · friends night · teens
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A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
Iranian CinemaDocufiction HybridIdentity ImpersonationMeta-NarrativeSocial CommentaryArtistic CreationPhilosophical ThemesComplex Storytelling
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Is Close-Up worth watching?
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ExcellentGoodWatch scoreYes, it's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 87 (IMDb 8.2, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, and Metacritic 92).
Can I half-watch Close-Up?
Easy watchDemanding
No, it needs your attention: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for complexity and 8 for philosophical.
Is Close-Up in English?
PersianAzerbaijani
No, it was made in Persian, with some Azerbaijani.