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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a naturalistic, unsentimental drama from the superb Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne... No one charts the wilds of childhood more precisely than the Dardennes." (Read the full review...) 83 words, 03/16/12 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2011... an indelible portrait of need.... another empathetic film by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne..." (Read the full review...) 789 words, 03/23/12 Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a cinematic miracle in which nothing happens and everything happens, and which brought some tears to this critics' eyes.... the simple act of its being seems enough to constitute a kind of perfection." (Read the full review...) 682 words, 03/13/12
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...a quietly rapturous film about love and redemption.... the Dardennes ask the most urgent questions we can ask of ourselves -- including, what is it to be human -- and in nondoctrinaire, nonproscriptive terms." (Read the full review...) 975 words, 03/16/12 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: EXCELLENT (cg) "The Dardanne brothers' typically naturalistic style deepens our investment in a child's fragile innocence -- no special effects or shock tactics required." (Read the full review...) 131 words, 03/16/12 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...a wonderfully human and humane story about one of those lost-and-found children who tend to slip through society's not-so-safe safety nets." (Read the full review...) 707 words, 03/16/12 Kyle Smith, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...a sly but finally banal update of the Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief'.... Not one of the secondary characters in the film is anything but a type..." (Read the full review...) 391 words, 03/16/12 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Emotionally full to bursting.... The Dardennes' latest is one of their best, a memorable cinematic portrait of troubled youth and soul-saving charity." (Read the full review...) 476 words, 03/23/12 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD (cg) "An understated and very moving story of violence and redemption, with a strong performance from young Thomas Doret in his screen debut." (Read the full review...) 328 words, 03/23/12 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: VERY GOOD "...not just in the tradition of 'Pinocchio' and 'A.I.': It is a worthy successor." (Read the full review...) 321 words, 03/05/12 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2011... an indelible portrait of need.... another empathetic film by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne..." (Read the full review...) 789 words, 03/23/12 Karina Longworth, Village Voice: EXCELLENT "...seems to unfold in a different world than that of previous Dardenne joints, one with a wider range of spiritual and practical possibilities.... Call it a summer action film, Dardenne-style." (Read the full review...) 825 words, 03/14/12 Mike D'Angelo, LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...immensely satisfying -- not least in its commitment to a child protagonist whose near-feral intensity and unthinking ingratitude make him the polar opposite of cute." (Read the full review...) 204 words, 11/03/11
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...without giving anything away, let's just say that with this simple, deeply affecting tale, the Dardennes never set out to break your heart." (Read the full review...) 516 words, 03/30/12 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...it's the powerful emotional punch directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's films deliver - and this one is no exception - that elevate the game, that make them so satisfying, so worthwhile." (Read the full review...) 173 words, 10/21/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...there may be no finer artists in film than brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.... The film should be required viewing for everyone who has lost faith in the power of random acts of kindness." (Read the full review...) 259 words, 04/13/12 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg) "The Dardennes achieve lyricism without seeming to try.... Thomas Doret's performance is solemn and focused all the way to the final image..." (Read the full review...) 705 words, 03/30/12 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a movie told without any obvious moviemaking at all.... It is as stripped-down and basic as it gets. And that makes it even more powerful." (Read the full review...) 543 words, 03/16/12 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "These Dardennes are very, very good at what they do." (Read the full review...) 315 words, 03/23/12 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Near the end, we hear some unexpectedly beautiful symphonic music as Cyril rides his bike... perhaps the place to which Cyril is furiously pedalling will turn out, somehow, to be the right one." (Read the full review...) 312 words, 03/30/12 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD (cg) "The Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, have been chronicling the grim vagaries of life on the fringes of modern European society for 30-plus years, and if they're coasting a little this time, they've got the chops to make even a lesser work worth watching." (Read the full review...) 116 words, 02/17/12 Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a film that's not always easy to watch, but just about impossible to forget." (Read the full review...) 329 words, 04/13/12 Tom Long, Detroit News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...vibrates with desperation, frustration and the simple unfairness of life, leavened with glimpses of hope." (Read the full review...) 293 words, 03/30/12 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...puts you through the wringer, but trust me when I say the ordeal is worth it." (Read the full review...) 359 words, 03/02/12
Karina Longworth, Village Voice: EXCELLENT "...seems to unfold in a different world than that of previous Dardenne joints, one with a wider range of spiritual and practical possibilities.... Call it a summer action film, Dardenne-style." (Read the full review...) 825 words, 03/14/12 Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...among the best films by Belgium's Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and perhaps their most religious... one of the classic international works about juvenile delinquency." (Read the full review...) 106 words, 03/29/12 Mike D'Angelo, LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...immensely satisfying -- not least in its commitment to a child protagonist whose near-feral intensity and unthinking ingratitude make him the polar opposite of cute." (Read the full review...) 204 words, 11/03/11 Scott Tobias, AV Club: OUTSTANDING (cg) "The second half diverges so much from the first that they seem like two different movies... Both sections are riveting in their own way, and punctuated by startling shocks and bursts of emotion." (Read the full review...) 871 words, 03/15/12 Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters: OUTSTANDING (cg) "As the Dardennes' films work out complex, compelling relationships between point of view and character, your experience is less about action than impression and perception, more fully emotional and moral, and quite acutely political." (Read the full review...) 889 words, 03/19/12 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: EXCELLENT (cg) "...the real strength of the film is the cautious but generous warmth of its storytelling. Not much happens, but it leaves you grateful that the worst doesn't happen -- with these characters, you might not be able to bear it." (Read the full review...) 679 words, 03/14/12 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: GOOD (cg) "...a bit wispy, somewhat wayward in both its emotional and narrative focus. But it does have a few moments of grace." (Read the full review...) 648 words, 05/15/11 Fernando F. Croce, Slant: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are bona fide motion-picture makers whose works bristle with the kind of propulsive thrust that would have had pure action pioneers like Raoul Walsh or Allan Dwan taking notes." (Read the full review...) 800 words, 10/03/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...grabs you in the first few seconds and never lets go.... The plain-wrapper title bespeaks a luminous minimalism; the image is familiar, but it begs to be filled out." (Read the full review...) 694 words, 03/16/12 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...a quietly rapturous film about love and redemption.... the Dardennes ask the most urgent questions we can ask of ourselves -- including, what is it to be human -- and in nondoctrinaire, nonproscriptive terms." (Read the full review...) 975 words, 03/16/12 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: OUTSTANDING "The real reason to see 'The Kid with a Bike' is that it offers something changelessly rare and difficult: a credible portrait of goodness." (Read the full review...) 812 words, 03/12/12 Jeannette Catsoulis, NPR: EXCELLENT "...feels as vulnerable as Cyril's unformed character. Within its tight 87 minutes, not a lot happens, unless you count the saving of a life." (Read the full review...) 459 words, 03/16/12 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...a wonderfully human and humane story about one of those lost-and-found children who tend to slip through society's not-so-safe safety nets." (Read the full review...) 707 words, 03/16/12 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: OUTSTANDING "An edge-of-your-seat emotional roller-coaster ride about ordinary people in a nondescript neighborhood, it's sometimes terrifying, often heart-rending and completely worth it." (Read the full review...) 943 words, 05/15/11
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "The breakout here is 13-year-old Thomas Doret... he's never less than riveting to watch -- his face the telltale steam-vent that augurs an emotional geyser roiling beneath." (Read the full review...) 927 words, 05/14/11 David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: OUTSTANDING "...an impeccably observed drama.... There's not a superfluous gesture or a redundant line of dialogue... Everything here is 100 percent in the service of character and storytelling." (Read the full review...) 821 words, 05/14/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...a wonderfully human and humane story about one of those lost-and-found children who tend to slip through society's not-so-safe safety nets." (Read the full review...) 707 words, 03/16/12 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Like most of the Dardennes films, 'Kid with a Bike' takes its time to deliver its emotional punches, and the last scene, which cannot be described here, is particularly powerful." (Read the full review...) 595 words, 05/16/11 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...a quietly rapturous film about love and redemption.... the Dardennes ask the most urgent questions we can ask of ourselves -- including, what is it to be human -- and in nondoctrinaire, nonproscriptive terms." (Read the full review...) 975 words, 03/16/12 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...grabs you in the first few seconds and never lets go.... The plain-wrapper title bespeaks a luminous minimalism; the image is familiar, but it begs to be filled out." (Read the full review...) 694 words, 03/16/12
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