Tomboy
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74 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: A family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new suburban neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids, and decides to pass herself off as “Mikael,” a boy doy different enough to catch the attention of leader of the pack Lisa, who becomes smitten. At home with her parents and girlie younger sister, she is Laure: hanging out with her new pals and girlfriend, she is Mikael. Finding resourceful ways to hide her true self, Laure takes advantage of her new identity, as if the end of the summer would never reveal her unsettling secret. Céline Sciamma brings a light and charming touch to this contemporary coming-of-age story, which is also about relationships between children, children and parents, and the even more complicated one between one’s heart and body. (Rocket Releasing)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Diego Costa
    Nov 14, 2011
    100
    Tomboy is one of those little big films whose simplicity and concision suggest the excess of meaning that language (cinematic or otherwise) could never account for.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    Dec 1, 2011
    80
    Tomboy stands out as an especially affecting delicacy about the thrills and pitfalls of exploring who one is.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    Jan 26, 2012
    80
    Writer-director Celine Sciamma breaks little ground here, but her story is nicely scaled to the gender-rigid world of childhood, where boys playing soccer together take as much pride in their spitting skills as any scored goal.
  4. Empire
    Reviewed by: Anna Smith
    Nov 13, 2011
    60
    A tender, sensitive French drama rich in hazy atmosphere.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. netflic
    8
    A classic example of a good French movie. Deep, thoughtful, intense without too much action.
    I do not remember a movie where children would ac    t so naturally. My only complain: a bit slow at times.… Expand
  2. nascent
    7
    I really enjoyed it, but I feel like it could've been much more. It's very visceral, and the casting was outstanding, even the sister was quite incredible. But the script, the plot, was a bit shallow. Ultimately it had one point, one message and it covered it quite extensively, but I really wish it was more substantial.

    I'm quite the fan of coming of age films, but this was the most shallow one I've seen yet. If you compare this to to something like à    … Expand
  3. JamesD
    0
    It is just absolutely mind blowing that this movie has gotten so many good reviews. It's so terrible. I've never seen such a slow movie with uninteresting to no dialogue whatsoever.… Expand

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