Majid Majidi's The Color of Paradise tells the story of a blind boy (Ramezani) who goes home from his special school for the summer. Although Mohammad enjoys talking with his grandmother (Feyzi) and playing with his two sisters (Safari, Sharifi), his father (Mahjoub) wants him to work for a blind carpenter (Fatemi) in the city instead. I had high expectations for the movie going into it, as I had just seen Majidi's previous film Children of Heaven, but nearly everything about this movie let me down. The acting is weak, so weak in fact that it takes away from the story itself. The characters are all whiny and annoying. The plot is uninspired and overly melodramatic. Not only that, it doesn't really go anywhere. Loose ends are left dangling willy-nilly. Technically, the movie was equally disappointing. There were scenes of beauty, both in terms of landscapes and human compassion, but then Majidi goes crazy with slow motion to beat it into your head. The movie isn't a bad one, but I would avoid it unless you already know you're going to be a fan.
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191043/