Best in the moments of absurdity and satire, as you would expect from Jon Stewart. Some of the moments that seem incredible really happened, as the movie is based on the true story of Maziar Bahari's imprisonment in Iran. When his jailer tells him to call his wife to tell her to stop writing letters, he then says, "You have to dial 9 to get out."
The movie is straightforward storytelling of the tumultuous events surrounding the Iranian election in 2009 and what happened to BBC/Newsweek journalist Bahari. Stewart uses Jordan as a stand in for Iran, but also interposes real social media footage like the death of the young student Neda. He refilms Behari's mock interview with Daily... |