Pauline and Paulette
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Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings
- Starring: Ann Petersen, Dora van der Groen
- Summary: A delightfully bittersweet story of four elderly sisters and their relationship with each other. (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Director: Lieven Debrauwer
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Positive: 20 out of 23
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Mixed: 1 out of 23
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Negative: 2 out of 23
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90In this good-natured film, even the smallest efforts at kindness yield positive results.
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80Without condescension, Debrauwer offers comic glimpses into their separate dreams of grandeur, but he lets Pauline's touching simplicity unite them.
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50With touches of humor throughout, the gentle and peaceful film never becomes depressing or sad.
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There is something disturbing about yet another iteration of what's become one of the movies' creepiest conventions, in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble, teach and ultimately redeem their mentally "superior" (read: morally inferior) friends, family and acquaintances.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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EarlM.9A wonderful little movie with great performances by the lead actresses.
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