A Brilliant Conflict

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

After patiently sitting through "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" - I now pronounce director, Ana Amirpour as being the new "Ed Wood" of Iranian cinema.But, unlike Wood's directorial incompetence - Amirpour's total lack of skill (unfortunately) doesn't offer the viewer a picture that has the essential edge of having unintentional humour on its side.With "Film-Student Project" written all over it - You'd honestly think that Amirpour would have at least tried to present even one of her Iranian characters as being anything else but pure white-trash ('cause one and all were completely Americanized Iranians to the extreme).Containing countless "dead-air" moments and set in a city that seemed to be suspiciously void of any citizens - "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" was a completely anal look at vampires where its zero-charisma bloodsucker was so reckless about satisfying her thirst (showing no concern to conceal her nocturnal activities) that I can't believe some courageous demon-slayer hadn't cut this annoying flake down a long time ago.

Set in Iran, but filmed in California, this is a simple tale of a hip, young guy called Arash who falls in love with a mysterious girl that happens to be a vampire. Beautifully filmed in black & white with a fantastic soundtrack this touches on issues such as addiction, greed, sex and love. Well acted, including Masuka the cat who gets a well deserved credit. Some people may be put off by it being Persian language, which would be a shame. I certainly look forward to watching it again.

Director took us into different world. Little bit unreal world, but very easily we can find some similarity to real world. Black and white make it even more unique. During watching it I have got the felling that everyone in the movie are lone riders. Loneliness between actors pushing them to be together even if there are lots of understatements. Beautiful soundtrack and the film keeps you on the edge of your seat.

How scorn works: Ana Lily Amirpour is a female! She has a Middle Eastern background! How striking! Let's patronize with exceedingly low expectations. Cue rave reviews...Don't fall for it.Let's instead show the woman some respect, and be frank. This film is utter garbage.A vampire who kills those who are mean to womankind. She even steals a skateboard from a kid! Are there no limits to her malevolence?Glacially slow. The film is a series of largely disconnected tableaux peppered with shots of an industrial landscape and a nondescript suburbia. The acting is appalling.