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87 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

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  • Starring: Déborah François, Jérémie Renier
  • Summary: Dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno (Renier) lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia (François) in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits and the panhandling and petty theft committed by Bruno and his gang. Their lives change forever when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy. (Sony Pictures Classics)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Here is a film where God does not intervene and the directors do not mistake themselves for God. It makes the solutions at the ends of other pictures seem like child's play.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    100
    Powerfully uplifting precisely because it's so horrifying.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    50
    The film clearly wishes to explore the topic of children having children, but it only inspires a great desire to smack them both.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Nadie
    10
    This movie portrays innocence in the most dramatic way. The acting is flawless and represents young people without education as they are. Very moving and well told. For me, the best movie of the year.… Expand
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  2. JoshC
    10
    This film goes deep into social crevices without entertainment blandishments (a mellifluous score, the huge acting, the faux-literary contortions). Yet still earns a chill of recognition. This movie is a tremendous kind of me-against-the-world picture whose perceptions are life-sized and surprising in their humanness. In L'Enfant, the screenplay isn't making choices for these people; every one of Bruno's bad decisions springs from his poor, desperate judgment. Unlike the maid in Babel, he's a stupid person you can relate to. To that end, its realism is staggering.… Expand
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  3. RudyC.
    4
    Quite boring, not an ounce of music (which makes it awful for me cause I think much of a movie from the music) and, did I not mention, quite boring !! But Jérémie Renier does a really good act!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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