The film received positive reviews from critics who praised the visuals and acting, but criticized the storyline.

The film criticized the laws governing marriage and divorce in Egypt.

Ironically, the director's slip from fashion can be blamed on some of the very things his films criticize.

To a certain degree, Pintilie's film also criticizes the indifference with which such persecution is received by the public.

The film criticizes the cost of a globalised food industry on human lives around the world.

The film criticizes Iranian government policies regarding underground music.

The film neither criticizes nor celebrates the transformation.

The film criticizes not only the harsh market conditions that have forced the family into poverty, but the family's own superstitions and selfishness.

The film has criticized Iran's middle class.

The film also criticizes the mainstream media's reluctance to report on this subject.