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"[A] serious romantic comedy with surreal touches....[Ms. Moreau's] character emerges as a deep, multilayered woman..." New York Times8.513807

"Moreau is bewitching -- she simply breathes her role, without a hint of vanity." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "[The film's] energies are devoted, for the most part, not to dissecting childhood traumas or recirculating stale cultural gossip, but rather to examining the alchemy by which perception is transformed into vision."New York Times "What makes SERAPHINE, directed and co-written by Martin Provost, so exceptional is that it neither condescends to nor romanticizes its subject....Powered by a performance of a lifetime by Belgium-born actress Moreau, it allows us to meet this singular person on her own terms."Los Angeles Times "[The film] benefits greatly from Moreau's powerfully complex lead performance. The actress beautifully manages the difficult feats of illuminating the darker reaches of her character's mind..."Hollywood Reporter 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Its honesty and purity derive not primarily from any correspondence to the facts of her life or essence of her creativity but from the aesthetic integrity and formal unity of the movie itself."Box Office "Seraphine Louis was a renowned primitivist painter....Provost and Moreau emphasize their subject's earthiness..."A.V. Club 4 stars out of 4 -- "SERAPHINE arrives from France as the year's most honored film....Moreau plays Seraphine as a straight-ahead charger, a little stooped, marching always with energy, plunging into work, not saying much, shy, but very much who she is."Chicago Sun-Times "[T]o look at the almost religious ecstasy on Moreau's face is to feel the artist's passion and be inspired by it."Washington Post Included in Chicago Sun-Times's "The Best Foreign Films Of 2009" -- "SERAPHINE is built upon one of the year's most acclaimed performances, by Yolande Moreau."Chicago Sun-Times6.539454

"Moreau is bewitching -- she simply breathes her role, without a hint of vanity." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "[The film's] energies are devoted, for the most part, not to dissecting childhood traumas or recirculating stale cultural gossip, but rather to examining the alchemy by which perception is transformed into vision."New York Times "What makes SERAPHINE, directed and co-written by Martin Provost, so exceptional is that it neither condescends to nor romanticizes its subject....Powered by a performance of a lifetime by Belgium-born actress Moreau, it allows us to meet this singular person on her own terms."Los Angeles Times "[The film] benefits greatly from Moreau's powerfully complex lead performance. The actress beautifully manages the difficult feats of illuminating the darker reaches of her character's mind..."Hollywood Reporter 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Its honesty and purity derive not primarily from any correspondence to the facts of her life or essence of her creativity but from the aesthetic integrity and formal unity of the movie itself."Box Office "Seraphine Louis was a renowned primitivist painter....Provost and Moreau emphasize their subject's earthiness..."A.V. Club 4 stars out of 4 -- "SERAPHINE arrives from France as the year's most honored film....Moreau plays Seraphine as a straight-ahead charger, a little stooped, marching always with energy, plunging into work, not saying much, shy, but very much who she is."Chicago Sun-Times "[T]o look at the almost religious ecstasy on Moreau's face is to feel the artist's passion and be inspired by it."Washington Post Included in Chicago Sun-Times's "The Best Foreign Films Of 2009" -- "SERAPHINE is built upon one of the year's most acclaimed performances, by Yolande Moreau."Chicago Sun-Times6.515881

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3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n often surreal road movie, which blends social commentary with deadpan humour....Depardieu brings a touching vulnerability to Serge."Total Film "[I]t's one of the most tender and moving films to come out of Europe in recent years."Sight and Sound6.402963

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"...An engaging little British crime comedy..."Los Angeles Times5.551024

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"...Reunites many of the same brilliant comic actors [from] WAITING FOR GUFFMAN....This comic jigsaw puzzle is crammed with deliriously funny little bits..." New York Times "...The movie ends up belonging to Fred Willard's grrrreat comic turn as a woefully miscast sportscaster who applies overblown World Series/Super Bowl metaphors to participants on leashes..." USA Today "...[When] Fred Willard shows up...[the film] bristles to vulgar, antic life....[Willard delivers] slingshot zest..." Entertainment Weekly "...A rare treat....A beautifully turned-out film of real pedigree..."Sight and Sound "...Unique....It's a joy to see a truly hilarious comedy that balances its laugh-ats with its laugh-withs..." -- 5 out of 5 stars Total Film "...Waggish fun like this is too good to miss..." Rolling Stone "...BEST IN SHOW has both bark and bite....Its low-key but sharp and amusing sense of humor is a nice fit with the frenetic world of competitive dog shows..." Los Angeles Times0.08901026

"...Reunites many of the same brilliant comic actors [from] WAITING FOR GUFFMAN....This comic jigsaw puzzle is crammed with deliriously funny little bits..."New York Times "...The movie ends up belonging to Fred Willard's grrrreat comic turn as a woefully miscast sportscaster who applies overblown World Series/Super Bowl metaphors to participants on leashes..."USA Today "...[When] Fred Willard shows up...[the film] bristles to vulgar, antic life....[Willard delivers] slingshot zest..."Entertainment Weekly "...A rare treat....A beautifully turned-out film of real pedigree..."Sight and Sound "...Unique....It's a joy to see a truly hilarious comedy that balances its laugh-ats with its laugh-withs..." -- 5 out of 5 starsTotal Film "...Waggish fun like this is too good to miss..."Rolling Stone "...BEST IN SHOW has both bark and bite....Its low-key but sharp and amusing sense of humor is a nice fit with the frenetic world of competitive dog shows..."Los Angeles Times0.08901026

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