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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary The Thorn in the Heart is a personal look at the life of Gondry family matriarch, Michel's aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Michel examines Suzette's years as a school teacher and her life in rural France. During the course of filming the documentary, Michel unearths new family stories and uses his came...

Directed By: Michel Gondry

Written By: Michel Gondry

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 26 m

The Thorn in the Heart

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Thorn in the Heart is a personal look at the life of Gondry family matriarch, Michel's aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Michel examines Suzette's years as a school teacher and her life in rural France. During the course of filming the documentary, Michel unearths new family stories and uses his came...

Directed By: Michel Gondry

Written By: Michel Gondry

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
49
25% Positive
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
8 Reviews
8% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
49
25% Positive
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
8 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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80
This is an extraordinary film.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
67
If he’d pulled back more, Gondry might’ve seen the real story here: how maternal figures often look better to people who don’t actually have them for a mother.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
The film is well-constructed, as one would expect from Gondry, but it offers little reason for anyone outside the family circle to care about dear old Tante Suzette.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
42
But overall, this lazy, sweet trifle seems to express the banality of well-being.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
40
Overall, the movie has the bantamweight feel of a really long DVD extra: Little details of the director’s ancestral stomping grounds are appealing, but don’t jell into something satisfying.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
40
This moving but far from revelatory portrait of a beloved family figure registers as too slight and personal for significant theatrical play.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
20
The connection they share is clear; the reason we're invited to sit in is foggy at best.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Partizan Films, Partizan
Release Date Apr 2, 2010
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Miami Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Warsaw International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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