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Rosewater

The film covers the story of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari covering the volatile Iranian elections for Newsweek. Meanwhile, one of his few reporters begins his mission with access to American media, where he appeared on the Daily Show with John Stewart, in a recorded interview with comedian Jason Jones and more satire.
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Scotsman
May 10, 2015 Stewart proves himself an adept visual stylist here, using simple techniques such as lighting scenes using the glow of a laptop screen to reflect the darkness that comes from being physically cut off from the people Bahari cares about the most.
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Flavorwire
June 07, 2016 We rarely get the sense that Stewart is talking down to us - which is why it's such a disappointment that 'Rosewater', is so often pitched and played like a carefully dumbed-down TV movie.
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NUVO Newsweekly
May 29, 2015 Despite a few stylistic flourishes, the production is an earnest and straightforward account of what happened, with moments of naturalistic humor based on some major miscommunication.
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Chicago Reader
November 21, 2014 Rosewater certainly has merit as an act of atonement on Stewart's part and a tribute to people like Bahari... In the end, however, the movie needs to stand on its own, apart from its noble intentions and the popularity of its writer-director.
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Christian Science Monitor
November 14, 2014 Stewart does a credible job of maintaining the story's immediacy, but I must say I felt relieved that the film wasn't a masterpiece. If it was, we'd have more reason to fear Stewart will leave The Daily Show.
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NPR
November 14, 2014 Rosewater ... has an urgency that's all about the storytelling smarts of its first-time writer-director.
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Kansas City Star
November 19, 2015 For the most part Rosewater is well-acted, tension-filled and slyly iconoclastic. Say hello to Jon Stewart, movie director.
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New Yorker
November 17, 2014 The hard-focus clarity of the images (Bobby Bukowski did the cinematography) leads to an intimacy with anguish that passes into expressionism.
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The New Republic
November 21, 2014 The main question Rosewater grapples with is whether Stewart can hack it as a filmmaker. The answer: sort of?
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ReelViews
November 16, 2014 This is Jon Stewart's directorial debut; the talk show comedian has a handle on the material and conveys it clearly.
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HitFix
November 09, 2015 It's a somewhat bumpy road for the first time filmmaker, but it's surprisingly effective when it needs to be.
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Adelaide Review
August 10, 2016 [Rosewater features] fine playing from Bernal and Bodnia, and striking mixing of real and recreated footage of the riots that transpired after the rigged election.
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