No one wins in this ambiguous, accomplished film, which ends by burdening the audience with a secret that none of the characters will ever know.

The Past never forgets its domestic focus, and [Asghar] Farhadi's keen eye for subtle emotional shifts keeps the story afloat.

While Farhadi's eye for detail is as unsparing as ever, his style this time around has begun to look formulaic.

Watching Farhadi and his cast do so doesn't astonish so much as depress. His Hakuna Matata is decidedly grim and certainly not sing song.