"It's the closest thing to a crowd pleaser that these rigorous, demanding and profoundly humane artists are likely to make."New York Times "LORNA'S SILENCE is a gritty, deceptively low-key, no-fuss, no-frills movie of consistent originality and surprise in which suspense arises straight up from the heroine's evolving character."Los Angeles Times "[A] somber beauty of a French-language drama....Every time predictability threatens, the plot takes an unexpected turn..."Wall Street Journal "[A] closely observed, sociologically astute, and amazingly naturalistic drama about moral compromise as a by-product of economic need." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "Breaking with the handheld subjectivity of previous films, the Dardennes keep the camera still and distant, giving the film an undercurrent of abstraction culminating in a final sequence that feels more like a fairy tale than social realism." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Renier's performance is the best thing in the movie....The gift of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne is to show their characters as trapped in personal human situations; they're not creatures of a plot."Chicago Sun-Times Included in Chicago Sun-Times's "The Best Foreign Films Of 2009" -- "[I]t's about personalities, as intensely observed as always with the Dardennes."Chicago Sun-Times28.66029
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"THE CHILD maintains the near miraculous achievement of brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne in creating uncompromisingly powerful, minimalist, neorealist, humanist cinema for the 21st century." Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "[It's the] sparseness of visual style, compounded by two effortlessly naturalistic performances, that give the movie an inimitable air of social and cinematic honesty." Uncut "[I]t should be emphasized how coolly detailed is the social network, the finely observed web of connections, interactions, and transactions, that produces the film's dramatic reversals." Film Comment 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "L'ENFANT is a forceful, impassioned and unsparing triumph....Renier and Francois give deeply affecting performances..." Rolling Stone "The Dardennes know how to build a scene for maximum tension....The Dardennes' background in documentary also partly explains their astonishing visual style." New York Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "For all its seeming simplicity, this is an emotionally and intellectually complex film that holds the viewer in a grip as tight as any classic thriller you can name." Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The film has] seedy urban locations, fluid, handheld camerawork and some intense character observation." Total Film "[D]isturbingly quiet..." -- Grade: A- Entertainment Weekly Included in Premiere's "10 Best Movies Of The Year" -- "[The] Dardennes' most compact, powerful drama of sin and redemption yet."Premiere Ranked #4 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006."Film Comment28.64461
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"...Exceptional....The conflicts involved are intense and absorbing, proving that compelling moral dilemmas make for the most dramatic cinema..."Los Angeles Times "...Powerful....[The directors] tap into the interior lives of the characters with tremendous subtlety and originality..."Chicago Sun-Times "..The film moves at a constant clip....[It] thoroughly engages the imagination..."USA Today "...The film is really about labor, and keeps up a break-neck, handheld-camera pace..."Film Comment "[A] modest masterpiece about the possibility of kindness....[A] stirring spectacle of a callow child growing -- slowly -- into a moral being."Wall Street Journal27.98157
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"...Exceptional....The conflicts involved are intense and absorbing, proving that compelling moral dilemmas make for the most dramatic cinema..."Los Angeles Times "...Powerful....[The directors] tap into the interior lives of the characters with tremendous subtlety and originality..."Chicago Sun-Times "..The film moves at a constant clip....[It] thoroughly engages the imagination..."USA Today "...The film is really about labor, and keeps up a break-neck, handheld-camera pace..."Film Comment "[A] modest masterpiece about the possibility of kindness....[A] stirring spectacle of a callow child growing -- slowly -- into a moral being."Wall Street Journal27.98157
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films are rich, textured and enjoyably eccentric affairs....It's impressively inventive and entertainingly convoluted stuff..."Empire 5 stars out of 5 -- "Star Dany Boon has charm to spare....Jeunet's most compelling movie yet, witty, poignant, and altogether magical."Box Office "MICMACS is a robust, enjoyably lunatic game. It's a social commentary by way of a good Looney Tune." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "The story unfolds largely through a series of carefully realized set pieces, visual jokes that produce low-key chuckles and occasional bursts of amazed laughter."New York Times "MICMACS does have moments of considerable charm, and it gives Jeunet plenty of chances to showcase his love of intricate details."Movieline "[W]orking with expressive cinematographer Tetsuo Nagata, Jeunet maintains a firm control of his dreamscape creation..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "MICMACS is a whimsical whirligig of a movie filled with salvaged metal and salvaged lives..."Los Angeles Times15.82102
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films are rich, textured and enjoyably eccentric affairs....It's impressively inventive and entertainingly convoluted stuff..."Empire 5 stars out of 5 -- "Star Dany Boon has charm to spare....Jeunet's most compelling movie yet, witty, poignant, and altogether magical."Box Office "MICMACS is a robust, enjoyably lunatic game. It's a social commentary by way of a good Looney Tune." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "The story unfolds largely through a series of carefully realized set pieces, visual jokes that produce low-key chuckles and occasional bursts of amazed laughter."New York Times "MICMACS does have moments of considerable charm, and it gives Jeunet plenty of chances to showcase his love of intricate details."Movieline "[W]orking with expressive cinematographer Tetsuo Nagata, Jeunet maintains a firm control of his dreamscape creation..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "MICMACS is a whimsical whirligig of a movie filled with salvaged metal and salvaged lives..."Los Angeles Times15.82102
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films are rich, textured and enjoyably eccentric affairs....It's impressively inventive and entertainingly convoluted stuff..."Empire 5 stars out of 5 -- "Star Dany Boon has charm to spare....Jeunet's most compelling movie yet, witty, poignant, and altogether magical."Box Office "MICMACS is a robust, enjoyably lunatic game. It's a social commentary by way of a good Looney Tune." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "The story unfolds largely through a series of carefully realized set pieces, visual jokes that produce low-key chuckles and occasional bursts of amazed laughter."New York Times "MICMACS does have moments of considerable charm, and it gives Jeunet plenty of chances to showcase his love of intricate details."Movieline "[W]orking with expressive cinematographer Tetsuo Nagata, Jeunet maintains a firm control of his dreamscape creation..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "MICMACS is a whimsical whirligig of a movie filled with salvaged metal and salvaged lives..."Los Angeles Times15.82102
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films are rich, textured and enjoyably eccentric affairs....It's impressively inventive and entertainingly convoluted stuff..."Empire 5 stars out of 5 -- "Star Dany Boon has charm to spare....Jeunet's most compelling movie yet, witty, poignant, and altogether magical."Box Office "MICMACS is a robust, enjoyably lunatic game. It's a social commentary by way of a good Looney Tune." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club "The story unfolds largely through a series of carefully realized set pieces, visual jokes that produce low-key chuckles and occasional bursts of amazed laughter."New York Times "MICMACS does have moments of considerable charm, and it gives Jeunet plenty of chances to showcase his love of intricate details."Movieline "[W]orking with expressive cinematographer Tetsuo Nagata, Jeunet maintains a firm control of his dreamscape creation..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "MICMACS is a whimsical whirligig of a movie filled with salvaged metal and salvaged lives..."Los Angeles Times15.82102
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"In '38: a New York Film Critics best-direction citation to Jean Renoir and a best-picture Oscar nomination."USA Today "...[A] masterpiece..." -- Rating: AEntertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] compassionate, ambiguous work....Beautifully acted, photographed and designed, it ranks proudly alongside THE RULES OF THE GAME as Renoir at his stunning best."Total Film "...One of the greatest films ever made....The performances -- from Gabin, Pierre Frensay, Erich von Stroheim and Marcel Dalio -- are as fresh as they were in 1937..."Los Angeles Times "...It's a meditation on the collapse of the old order of European civilization....There is a quiet voluptuousness; the camera doesn't point or intrude, but glides..."Chicago Sun-Times "[An] anti-war classic....As in so much of Renoir's work, it's the humanism that resonates most strongly."Sight and Sound14.81216
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"...[A] masterpiece..." -- Rating: AEntertainment Weekly "...It's a meditation on the collapse of the old order of European civilization....There is a quiet voluptuousness; the camera doesn't point or intrude, but glides..."Chicago Sun-Times "...One of the greatest films ever made....The performances -- from Gabin, Pierre Frensay, Erich von Stroheim and Marcel Dalio -- are as fresh as they were in 1937..."Los Angeles Times "In '38: a New York Film Critics best-direction citation to Jean Renoir and a best-picture Oscar nomination."USA Today "[An] anti-war classic....As in so much of Renoir's work, it's the humanism that resonates most strongly."Sight and Sound 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] compassionate, ambiguous work....Beautifully acted, photographed and designed, it ranks proudly alongside THE RULES OF THE GAME as Renoir at his stunning best."Total Film14.81216
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"...A huge influence on the French New Wave directors, especially Francois Truffaut..." -- 3 out of 4 stars USA Today "...What starts as a study of two disgruntled French adolescents ends with the force of classical tragedy..." Sight and Sound "[I]n 1949 it must have been quite a shocker." Uncut12.84152
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"[R]ife with surreally stunning images -- Rollin's influences include American pulp series, German Expressionism, and Pop art, whisked together..."Film Comment10.98019
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"[R]ife with surreally stunning images -- Rollin's influences include American pulp series, German Expressionism, and Pop art, whisked together..."Film Comment10.98019
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"...A stylishly surreal comedy..." Rolling Stone "...The endless small observations and visual conjuring tricks keep it buoyant throughout..." Sight and Sound "...Its Guignol roominghouse is an undeniably entertaining place to visit..." Film Comment "...DELICATESSEN is a fearsomely intense movie that mixes moods with formidable assurance....It's loaded with horrific images and macabre jolts that keep resonating eerily in your mind's eye..." Los Angeles Times "...DELICATESSEN creates a rich visual landscape for its oddly compelling characters....Each scene seems to contain some visual surprise..." Chicago Sun-Times "Filmed at odd angles and in tinted amber....[An] absurdist comedy..." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly "[The] picture has a fantastic look that is both eerie and surreal. The color palette tends to have tobacco overtones that enhance the post-apocalyptic setting." Widescreen Review 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It would seem impossible that a French comedy about cannibalism could be both funny and touchingly sweet, but that is the accomplishment of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's DELICATESSEN." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a unique blend of physical gags, rhythmic sequences and surreal goings-on..." Ultimate DVD10.50625
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"...A stylishly surreal comedy..." Rolling Stone "...The endless small observations and visual conjuring tricks keep it buoyant throughout..." Sight and Sound "...Its Guignol roominghouse is an undeniably entertaining place to visit..." Film Comment "...DELICATESSEN is a fearsomely intense movie that mixes moods with formidable assurance....It's loaded with horrific images and macabre jolts that keep resonating eerily in your mind's eye..." Los Angeles Times "...DELICATESSEN creates a rich visual landscape for its oddly compelling characters....Each scene seems to contain some visual surprise..." Chicago Sun-Times "Filmed at odd angles and in tinted amber....[An] absurdist comedy..." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly "[The] picture has a fantastic look that is both eerie and surreal. The color palette tends to have tobacco overtones that enhance the post-apocalyptic setting." Widescreen Review 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It would seem impossible that a French comedy about cannibalism could be both funny and touchingly sweet, but that is the accomplishment of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's DELICATESSEN." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a unique blend of physical gags, rhythmic sequences and surreal goings-on..." Ultimate DVD10.50625
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"...A stylishly surreal comedy..." Rolling Stone "...The endless small observations and visual conjuring tricks keep it buoyant throughout..." Sight and Sound "...Its Guignol roominghouse is an undeniably entertaining place to visit..." Film Comment "...DELICATESSEN is a fearsomely intense movie that mixes moods with formidable assurance....It's loaded with horrific images and macabre jolts that keep resonating eerily in your mind's eye..." Los Angeles Times "...DELICATESSEN creates a rich visual landscape for its oddly compelling characters....Each scene seems to contain some visual surprise..." Chicago Sun-Times "Filmed at odd angles and in tinted amber....[An] absurdist comedy..." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly "[The] picture has a fantastic look that is both eerie and surreal. The color palette tends to have tobacco overtones that enhance the post-apocalyptic setting." Widescreen Review 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It would seem impossible that a French comedy about cannibalism could be both funny and touchingly sweet, but that is the accomplishment of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's DELICATESSEN." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a unique blend of physical gags, rhythmic sequences and surreal goings-on..." Ultimate DVD10.50625
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"...A stylishly surreal comedy..." Rolling Stone "...The endless small observations and visual conjuring tricks keep it buoyant throughout..." Sight and Sound "...Its Guignol roominghouse is an undeniably entertaining place to visit..." Film Comment "...DELICATESSEN is a fearsomely intense movie that mixes moods with formidable assurance....It's loaded with horrific images and macabre jolts that keep resonating eerily in your mind's eye..." Los Angeles Times "...DELICATESSEN creates a rich visual landscape for its oddly compelling characters....Each scene seems to contain some visual surprise..." Chicago Sun-Times "Filmed at odd angles and in tinted amber....[An] absurdist comedy..." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly "[The] picture has a fantastic look that is both eerie and surreal. The color palette tends to have tobacco overtones that enhance the post-apocalyptic setting." Widescreen Review 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It would seem impossible that a French comedy about cannibalism could be both funny and touchingly sweet, but that is the accomplishment of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's DELICATESSEN." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a unique blend of physical gags, rhythmic sequences and surreal goings-on..." Ultimate DVD 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a mahogany-black fairytale of intricately wrought folly."Total Film10.4853
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"The details become the discourse -- a constant flow of visual stimulation in place of the traditional development of plot, character, and theme." Film Comment "[A]n epic treatment of epic themes that doesn't soap opera its audience, but at the same time provides a terrifically satisfying entertainment." Premiere "[T]he counterpoint of ugliness and beauty, observed with the patience an artist might lavish upon a portrait of a beloved, is Jeunet's own invention." Entertainment Weekly "Mr. Jeunet is in the possession of a distinctive visual style developed during his longtime collaboration with his former filmmaking partner, Marc Caro."New York Times "[I]t's full of surprises....Jeunet is as adept as Francois Truffaut was in employing voice-over narration -- but even better at providing counterpoint imagery to get a laugh."USA Today "[I]t's as charming and stylish as one could expect from this pair....All in all, Jeunet makes a pretty case for the idea that life is ruled by chaos and chance, but made meaningful and worthwhile by love."Los Angeles Times "Just sit back and behold as Jeunet the visionary and Tautou the force of nature take you to hell and back with this epic love story. It's an emotional powerhouse." Rolling Stone "[T]his is as much visual feast as quest plot: Jeunet energises every shot..." Uncut "[T]he battle scenes depicting the horrors of war are brutally effective." Movieline's Hollywood Life "Jeunet's film is a tour de force of style and talent..." Sight and Sound Daring mood swings -- and theme swings -- lend distinction to Jean-Pierre Jeunets romantic epic....Theres never been anything quite like it.Wall Street Journal9.514273
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"...Weaver battles slimy monsters with a command only enhanced by middle age..." -- Rating: B+Entertainment Weekly "...The reinvented Ripley is intriguing to watch....Weaver renders the resurrected Ripley with relish....Entertaining..."Box Office "...ALIEN RESURRECTION has an eerie, grunge look....Fierce, beautiful and sardonic, Ms. Weaver makes an impressive linchpin for this series..."New York Times9.420286
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"...Weaver battles slimy monsters with a command only enhanced by middle age..." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly "...ALIEN RESURRECTION has an eerie, grunge look....Fierce, beautiful and sardonic, Ms. Weaver makes an impressive linchpin for this series..." New York Times "...The reinvented Ripley is intriguing to watch....Weaver renders the resurrected Ripley with relish....Entertaining..." Box Office9.409499
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"...Amelie's got girl-power by the bucket-load..." Sight and Sound "...Mr. Jeunet's sense of humor gives the movie heart; his real affection for the medium can be seen in all the funny little curlicues and jottings around the action..." New York Times "...Charming....Bound to capture American hearts and imaginations with its whimsical fable of random acts of kindness..." USA Today "...While Amelie the plucky girl beguiles, AMELIE the charming movie, already an international success, seduces..." Entertainment Weekly "...A delicious pastry of a movie -- A lighthearted fantasy with a winsome heroine....A magical charmer..." Chicago Sun-Times9.409499
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"...Mr. Jeunet's sense of humor gives the movie heart; his real affection for the medium can be seen in all the funny little curlicues and jottings around the action..."New York Times "...Amelie's got girl-power by the bucket-load..."Sight and Sound "...A delicious pastry of a movie -- A lighthearted fantasy with a winsome heroine....A magical charmer..."Chicago Sun-Times "...Charming....Bound to capture American hearts and imaginations with its whimsical fable of random acts of kindness..."USA Today "...While Amelie the plucky girl beguiles, AMELIE the charming movie, already an international success, seduces..."Entertainment Weekly "[A] stylistic tour de force....The film conjures up a telepathic but touchingly fragile heroine, played by Audrey Tautou..."Wall Street Journal9.409499
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"...Mr. Jeunet's sense of humor gives the movie heart; his real affection for the medium can be seen in all the funny little curlicues and jottings around the action..."New York Times "...Amelie's got girl-power by the bucket-load..."Sight and Sound "...A delicious pastry of a movie -- A lighthearted fantasy with a winsome heroine....A magical charmer..."Chicago Sun-Times "...Charming....Bound to capture American hearts and imaginations with its whimsical fable of random acts of kindness..."USA Today "...While Amelie the plucky girl beguiles, AMELIE the charming movie, already an international success, seduces..."Entertainment Weekly "[A] stylistic tour de force....The film conjures up a telepathic but touchingly fragile heroine, played by Audrey Tautou..."Wall Street Journal 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] beguiling, brightly coloured fantasy. Montmartre has never looked lovelier on screen..."Total Film9.409499
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"...Enough richness of style and theme to make UN FLIC a characteristic if not the quintessential Melville film..." Sight and Sound "A Spartan, stylish thriller immaculately presented in bleak blue hues, it's HEAT's understated, European ancestor. Icy but very compelling." Total Film9.355564
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