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Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

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Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: This film follows a young and impulsive Belgian girl, Rosetta (Dequenne), who tries to establish an independent life and will do anything to maintain a job.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Rosetta is a character of raw pride in a film of lingering power.
  2. Grabs you by the throat and won't let go.
  3. 80
    This kind of film, in its various manifestations recurring through the decades, gives us confidence that cinema can ultimately get to the heart of things.
  4. 60
    A portrait of dispossession so acute that it's caused a few critics to cry, Let her eat cake!

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. JackG.
    10
    Any review that takes a cheap shot at the character's appearance (as well as a cheap assessment of her intellect that's totally off the mark) can't be trusted. Expand
  2. Absolutely amazing film that rewards patient viewers. Feels like a classic etched in time. Though it's very good, not better than the Dardennes brothers' amazing "The Son". Expand

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