Tehran Taboo fingerprintStrong craft.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Some satire and dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Society, everyday modern life, and politics
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Tehran Taboo is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
Some satire and dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some satire and dark humor.
Society, everyday modern life, and politics
Its world is built around society, everyday modern life, and politics.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Overall: Similar vibe.
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Tehran Taboo is included with a subscription to Kino Film Collection in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, and Metacritic 74). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: nudity, sexual content, strong language, and drug use.
1 h 36 min
Tehran Taboo runs 1 h 36 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Tehran Taboo higher (86) than audiences (70). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Persian. Produced in Germany, Austria.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Tehran Taboo in 11 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
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