Vic
5Mar13
This is totally true. The premise could have gone for the on-the-nose parallelism, like Allen, or metaphysical continuity, like Kieslowski. Thankfully, it swings toward the latter. And Binoche is fantastic.
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teresavontrier
11May13
Duas características divinais que agarram e cravam as unhas no espectador: a premissa e as mamas da Binoche.
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me-too-modula
2Apr13
Clever; however, it was one false move from tedium due to William Shimell's diabolical acting. Binoche shines and absolutely keeps the film together.
Arthur Freitas
3Mar13
Cópia Fiel é tão imenso, e ao mesmo tempo tão simples, que o sorriso da Mona Lisa. Ele revigora a fé até do mais pessimista cinéfilo de que o cinema é sim uma das mais belas formas de arte.
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Henrique Amud
20Jan13
Delightful and harsh. Could've been a Woody Allen film gone wrong, but Binoche is just outstanding.
Gonçalo Sá
9Dec12
Very clever, very meta... unfortunately, it's even more redundant, monotonous, and really starts going downhill during a contrived restaurant scene. Pity, since Binoche is at her best here.
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Niki Gomez
1Oct12
A Beautiful gem of a film that passes quickly, a little foray over a weekend of two people where a lot is left unsaid by the Director. He leaves you wondering, and imagining in a small town in Tuscany. The issue of copy and original is certainly not the only interesting idea here.
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R i M.
12Aug12
no illusion, no plays, just the realty.. everlasting realty between usual characters of a man and a woman.
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Drew
17Jul12
Oh God, this movie! First thing out of a load of library movies I get, and it's just fantastic! I saw Kiarostami's '98 Palme d'Or winner, Taste of Cherry and loved it. But this was something really special. A subtly mind bending story that evolves out of a simple trip between two strangers. Binoche is beautiful as usual and Shimell was perfect. Great characters and a Carriere cameo make it essential viewing!
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MovieDude1893
29Jun12
A film of unending mysteries that is also emotionally pungent. The locations are beautifully captured and Binoche and Shimell have a remarkable comfort together on screen. Although this isn't an overly happy or sad film, I found it to be so cinematically and intellectually stimulating experience that renders the entire work joyous.
Lorna Singh
27Jun12
Interesting concept (role play,brought on by 2 people being mistaken for man and wife) but I was not engaged in the drama on screen.Actually found the Binoche character annoying at times.Not one of the best from one of my favorite actresses.
William Low
3Jun12
Delicious and delightful film,nice script and dialogues,and with the unpredictable and open interpretation second half.
film_lies101
21May12
Not nearly as obtuse as some people have made it out to be. In fact, it's one of the most realistic, honest, clear-eyed, non-cliched take on relationships that I have ever seen. I really need to check out Kiarostami's other work. Oh, Binoche is luminous as always and confirms my belief that she could make any film watchable.
Movie Blabber
11May12
A tightly made headscratcher about authenticity and the discourse around it. Leaves plenty up for interpretation.
Mouad Lemoudden
30Apr12
Certified Copy woks great as a metaphor for relationships in general; one gets to see successive illustrations of life as a couple: the first encounter and the attraction that builds upon, the first arguments and the blame game that follows, the sorrow and nostalgia.. it's clear that Kiarostami delivers a subtle symbolic representation of relationships and our perceptions through them
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Howard Fritzson
14Mar12
This is Juliette Binoche's most immediate performance since "Rendez-vous." And she doesn't have to strip down. Her emotions are naked, even inside the complicated (and dazzling) structure of this film.
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Ben Wheeler
10Mar12
Is this film worth more in your hands, or in my own? That is the premise of Certified Copy. It's a discussion & a riddle on the eye of the beholder. It's a medium that's both worthless and bountiful: like life, what do you choose to see in it? What's actually there? On par with Antonioni, we have celluloid poetry of a high order...or perhaps I just want to see it that way.