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Offside (2007)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Mar 21, 2007

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

A-

Details Limited Release: Mar 23, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 92 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Sima Mobarak and Safar Samandar

YOU GO, GIRL! Barred from cheering on her soccer team in Iran, Golnaz Fermani and other women try to game the system in the winning Offside

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Girls just want to have fun — and cheer their team at a World Cup soccer event. But that's not easy in Iran, where women are banned from public sporting events. Those caught sneaking in are detained by bewildered boy soldiers in Offside, Jafar Panahi's wonderfully funny, outspoken shaggy-dog story, a light counterweight to his sadder 2000 feminist drama The Circle. Absurdity reaches a peak in a hilarious set piece involving a guard, a ''prisoner,'' and an escorted trip to the men's stalls when a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. A-

Originally posted Mar 21, 2007 Published in issue #927 Mar 30, 2007 Order article reprints

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