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90A terrific piece of neo-realistic filmmaking.
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90Although there is real pain and suffering in It All Starts Today, it is too impassioned, too brisk and too embracing of life and human foibles to be depressing.
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90A warm, often invigorating and ultimately moving ode to community values.
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88An intensely involving, Ibsen-esque human drama populated by complex, sympathetic heroes.
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88It's an amazing slice-of-life story that will make you want to rush home and hug the kids.
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80Strikes a difficult and necessary moral balance, refusing to succumb to hopelessness but also refusing to rule it out.
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75A tender and passionate protest, not without laughter, by Bertrand Tavernier -- a director who is not only gifted but honorable.
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75Tavernier's compassionate views and long filmmaking experience shine through this eloquently acted drama.
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75Well worth seeing for the terrific performances.
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75This is a film about small victories, huge defeats and finding the will to keep fighting.
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70Dynamic but preachy.
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Tavernier gives the children vivid, sharply delineated voices; working with a largely nonprofessional cast, he strips bare the characters' frailty but grants them a decency and honesty that redeems them despite the mounting hardships and tragedies.
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60A superb performance from Torreton, easily one of the finest actors working in France today.
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