The plight of a Jewish family during the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran is given a flabbergastingly depthless portrayalSeptembers of Shiraz closes with a dedication to all victims of persecution all over the world. That’s a pretty broad brushstroke,so I’ll interpret it to mean that, whether you advance to a screening, or it includes you,too.
This lifeless, by-the-numbers production is an excruciating exercise in cliche and tedium. Its sole joy is in trying to figure out which of its leads is overacting most. Is it Adrien Brody, and making crazy-face as the Persian-Jewish jeweller incarcerated by the Revolutionary Guard in 1979 Tehran? Or is it Salma Hayek and her “where in the world is this?” accent,staying domestic and weeping and fighting with the maid? Director Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) leads them both into histrionics while his inert camera shoots each sequence in as bland a fashion as possible.
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Source: theguardian.com