Movie Review

MAROONED IN IRAQ (2003)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 16, 2003
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Limited Release: Apr 25, 2003; Rated: Unrated; Length: 97 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language; With: Shahab Ebrahimi and Iran Ghobadi; Distributor: Wellspring

Part rollicking road picture, part ardent homage to Kurdish homeland. A father and his two middle-aged sons make a picaresque journey from Iran to Iraq to help the old man find his ex-wife.

Originally posted May 16, 2003 Published in issue #710 May 16, 2003 Order article reprints
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