The truth hides somewhere in [the] collision of being and non-being, always just out of reach.
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Marjorie Baumgarten
RTAustin ChronicleApr 30, 2011
Were it not for the transcendent presence of Binoche (and her transfixing cleavage), I suspect Certified Copy might feel even more like homework.
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J. R. Jones
RTChicago ReaderApr 15, 2011
The conclusion is abrupt and unsatisfying, but the philosophical dialogue Kiarostami manages to keep aloft for well over an hour touches on intriguing questions of openness, self-honesty, and personal freedom.
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Michael Leader
RTDen of GeekMay 7, 2024
Certified Copy offers no answers, no objective truths or epiphanic twists. Even Kiarostami himself has said he has no definitive interpretation. We must deal with it. Like in real life. Or a copy of it, at least.