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This review originally ran during the Cannes Film Festival.
The gossipy title, as the best titles do, mutates in meaning over the course of the film.
Laura has since married a wealthy older man, moved to Argentina, and raised two children with him.
But crisis strikes when Irene goes missing, and her kidnappers begin texting the family ransom demands.
Nobody is above suspicion or below empathy.
How muchEverybody Knowshas to say about anything beyond the intrigues of its ensemble is the real question.
The performances suggest something more universal than the crackerjack plot machine thatEverybody Knowsends up being.
Despite its prestige-y trappings, its tempting to use the wordsoapyto describe Farhadis film.
