Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

just watch it!

Good concept, poorly executed.

this film is indicating a semi modern Iranian couple ,who are trying to fight with old believes &old generation.in this battle they fail cause the man is not strong enough.if you really want to understand this film you must know a lot about Iranian nowadays culture. Leila is the symbol of a young Iranian woman who marry with love but others interferer her life with the name of family traditions and customs.specially her husbands family .at the end of film it shows that every one is damaged by this interference Leila,her husband,mother in law&... the subject is some how strange for westerners,but many of your subjects are strange for easterners too!

I watched this film in the cinema 3 years ago and I remmeber it when I watch another film that Leila Hatami play in it (SHEIDA).I think this film is one of the best work of Mehrjoi, the subject of this film happen commonly between young couple's marriage when the woman can't have a children her husband's mother force him to take second wife, and Mehrjoi show it very well ofcourse we don't forget that Leila Hatami play very well as Leila.I SUGGEST you get this film and watch it today!

After watching Leila in the cinema I found it a masterpiece. Mehrjui as one of the pioneers in Iranian newborn cinema has chosen a sensational story about a young woman ( Leila Hatami ) who has just begun a peaceful life with Reza ( Ali Mosaffa ). They truly love each other. Problems begin when they find out she can't bear a child. Since Reza is the only son of the family , she has to resist a traditional society and more over a mother-in-law who insist on making a new wife for Reza ( In Iran men can marry unlimited women ) The movie has got good performances, especially by Leila Hatami ( she is also the narrator ), a brilliant sound effect which describes Leila's emotional feelings very professionally and a convincing cinematography. Mehrjui uses his ability to extract useful meanings from the colors, as the movie begins with a close-up on a yellow Sho'lezard ( an Iranian food ). I advice this movie to everyone especially female viewers, though a foreigner can't enjoy it as much as an Iranian does.

As a New Zealander on a holiday in Iran, I was very lucky to be given a copy of Leila with sub-titles on it. This movie shows the trouble of of a young couple's marriage, when it is found the women can't have children, and the subsequent pressure from the Husbands mother to take a second wife, as you can do in Iran. We see the pain the first wife has to endure. It shows an insight into a cutlure that is very different to our Western culture, and the audience becomes engrossed in the life of the young women, feeling her troubles along with her.I would say this movie is one not to miss.