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Nénette (2010) has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Beautiful in its minimalism... 'Nénette' is no antizoo rant but a melancholy meditation on captivity." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 12/22/10 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "This sad, unorthodox documentary gets its point across on the innate cruelty of zoos at the expense of a gripping experience." (Read the full review...) 171 words, 12/24/10 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "The best kid-friendly movie of the holiday season..." (Read the full review...) 163 words, 12/21/10 Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "[A] 67-minute portrait of an aging orangutan born in Borneo and fated to die in France." (Read the full review...) 209 words, 03/18/11 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: MODERATE "Watching Nénette watch those who gape at her is an intriguing, multi-layered exercise of voyeurism, but one that wanes after our gaze is demanded for too long." (Read the full review...) 207 words, 12/22/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "[Filmmaker Nicolas] Philibert lets it all just flow, giving the audience time to meditate on anthropomorphism, the morality of zoo culture and whatever it is that's going on in Nénette's simultaneously expressive and unknowable eyes. It's a great experience." (Read the full review...) 122 words, 05/06/10
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "The animal's striking resemblance to a human is part of what makes Nicolas Philibert's documentary so evocative." (Read the full review...) 488 words, 02/25/11 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...entrancing... The movie isn't a critique of zoo life. But it's possible we have on our hands, in Nénette's captivity, a microcosm of celebrity star-gazing." (Read the full review...) 615 words, 01/21/11 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "The best part about the movie is the way it shifts focus, starting as an observation of the animal and then subtly morphing to the point of view of Nénette..." (Read the full review...) 443 words, 01/28/11 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "There's something hypnotic and strangely fascinating about 'Nénette'... [However,] for all but the most devoted animal watchers, the film may come across as slow and repetitive." (Read the full review...) 325 words, 02/04/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "...hypnotic... [it] is not really a movie about the aged orangutan or even about the venerable zoo but about the humans who view Nenette through the lens of their own lives." (Read the full review...) 314 words, 02/25/11
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: MODERATE "Watching Nénette watch those who gape at her is an intriguing, multi-layered exercise of voyeurism, but one that wanes after our gaze is demanded for too long." (Read the full review...) 207 words, 12/22/10 Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Phoenix: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Nénette and the other orangutans (who include her son Tübo) swing from ropes, play with big plastic tubs, drink bottles of tea, and gaze inscrutably at the camera, as if waiting for us to figure out what they already know." (Read the full review...) 161 words, 01/20/11 Scott Tobias, AV Club: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...yields precious little beyond the melancholy contours of its subject's face.... impeccably composed and admirably disciplined, but [French documentarian Nicolas Philibert's] patient observation can't unlock the mysteries of an animal that's grown more introspective and likely less expressive over time." (Read the full review...) 322 words, 12/21/10 Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...less a study of a great ape than a quiet reminder of how zoos act as a reflective prism for our livelihood-oriented anxieties. The film's narrative elliptically presents a series of contexts through which we glean Nénette's rather epic story." (Read the full review...) 905 words, 12/19/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "[Filmmaker Nicolas] Philibert lets it all just flow, giving the audience time to meditate on anthropomorphism, the morality of zoo culture and whatever it is that's going on in Nénette's simultaneously expressive and unknowable eyes. It's a great experience." (Read the full review...) 122 words, 05/06/10
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Beautiful in its minimalism... 'Nénette' is no antizoo rant but a melancholy meditation on captivity." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 12/22/10
Alissa Simon, Daily Variety: GOOD "Most interesting as an intellectual experiment on divergence of image and sound... makes viewers reflect on the unnatural nature of a life in captivity and the way documentary may also serve as a metaphor for capture. Tech credits are polished." (Read the full review...) 273 words, 02/18/10 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Beautiful in its minimalism... 'Nénette' is no antizoo rant but a melancholy meditation on captivity." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 12/22/10
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