Our story begins in Alpena, Michigan, 1984. Betty Mahmoody lived happily with her husband Moody and their daughter Mahtob. Moody is from Iran. He came to America 20 years ago and works as a doctor at the hospital. Unfortunately, many fellow doctors made cracks about Iranians righ...( read more)
Alfred Molina, Mony Rey, Roshan Seth
The Arab anti-defamation leagues understandably had a field day with this one. Sally Field plays Betty Mahmoody, an American who marries an Iranian (Alfred Molina) and has a child. They go back to Ira...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 2, 2001
Stats: 657 reviews
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July 16, 2007
A depressing but courageous movie. It made me dislike those cultural beliefs even more.
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June 12, 2007
A co-worker had told me about this after she saw me reading a book called "Out of Iran" by Sousan Azadi. The two are drastically different, this being an American who goes with her husband to Iran, then can't get home, and the book I was reading was about an Iranian woman who fl...( read more)
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October 18, 2009
I hated it. I hated it so much for what was happening there. Wonderful movie, but i can't stand to see it once more... I hated that violence and the sensation of deja vu it caused me.
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September 5, 2009
Sally Field is a great actress. This movie is about a woman who marries a man from Iran and has a child. She goes to his country with him only to then discover he doesn't plan to leave it. He says she can leave if she wants but can not take her daughter so She is then forced to...( read more)
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