A Separation is strident and full of judgmental characters whose toxicity prevents the film from having the compelling, even-handed narrative it hopes to have. Considering how much manufactured outrage and deck-stacking there is at work, it's almost surreal the film lacks any genuine emotional quality. While we've seen some astonishingly preposterous plots in 2011 releases, this one suggests some sort of low-key character study before becoming an exhausting legal drama. Anytime something dramatic happens, it's in a flurry of shrill shouting. While some of the events in the last half of the film come close to being involving, this always plays like a so-so stage play.
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