It Was Just an Accident Review (2025) — 87% Celluloid Score
Directed by Jafar Panahi · 2025 ·
It Was Just an Accident (2025) earns a 87% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (98%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (88%).
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.
Five-source breakdown
Neon Why this score?
- Strong critic approval (98% positive).
- General viewers mostly liked it (88%).
- Metascore signals universal acclaim (91/100).
- Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4.2/5).
- Celluloid Score 87% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.
Best for
- Viewers who want a well-regarded thriller pick
- Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience
- Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers
Not ideal for
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Is It Was Just an Accident worth watching?
Yes — It Was Just an Accident earns a 87% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Jafar Panahi turns a chance encounter into a tense moral interrogation of state cruelty, channeling his own history of imprisonment into a thriller that argues its politics through pure narrative tension rather than speeches.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics (98%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (88%).
What is It Was Just an Accident about?
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.
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