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The Seed of the Sacred Fig Review (2024) — 86% Celluloid Score

Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof · 2024 ·

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Answer Summary: Is The Seed of the Sacred Fig worth watching?

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) earns a 86% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (97%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (88%).

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for The Seed of the Sacred Fig?

Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.

86%
Celluloid Score Recommended

4-input transparent breakdown

97% Editorial Rating
88% Audience snapshot · excluded
84 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4.2
7.7 IMDb /10
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Runtime
2h 48m
Cast
Missagh Zareh , Soheila Golestani , Mahsa Rostami , Setareh Maleki
Streaming
Hulu
Country
Germany
Language
Persian

🏆 2 nominations

Where to watch

  • Hulu

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Where to watch The Seed of the Sacred Fig by country

Country Streaming on
India Prime Video
Japan Prime Video
Turkey TV+, HBO Max
United Kingdom BFI Player
United States Hulu

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Why this score?

  • Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (97/100).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (88%).
  • Metascore signals universal acclaim (84/100).
  • Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4.2/5).
  • Celluloid Score 86% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.

Best for

  • Viewers who want a well-regarded drama, 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 The Seed of the Sacred Fig worth watching?

    Yes — The Seed of the Sacred Fig earns a 86% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Celluloid Verdict

    Made in secret and smuggled out of Iran, Rasoulof's blistering allegory turns a family's unravelling into an indictment of a regime — urgent, suspenseful and morally fearless.

    Celluloid editorial verdict

    Critics (97%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (88%).

    What is The Seed of the Sacred Fig about?

    A Tehran investigating judge's pistol vanishes from his home just as nationwide protests erupt, and his paranoia turns inward on his wife and daughters — a domestic thriller in which the machinery of an authoritarian state cracks a single family apart from within.

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    Critic Reviews

    critic The Seed of the Sacred Fig

    The Seed of the Sacred Fig Review: The State Cracks a Family From Within

    Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig turns a Tehran judge's missing pistol into a suffocating domestic thriller — an allegory of authoritarian paranoia made under real threat of imprisonment, and smuggled out of Iran.

    A blistering, courageous political thriller that turns one household into a microcosm of a regime. Urgent, suspenseful and morally fearless.

    Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor

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